John M. Pachkowski

Senior Legal Analyst

John M. Pachkowski is a senior legal analyst with Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.

M&A

Regulators are rethinking bank M&A rules. It's about time.

If the Justice Department and other agencies are serious about overhauling the bank merger process, they need to start by establishing whether consolidation helps or hurts consumers.

By John M. Pachkowski

September 1

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M&A

Columbia struggled after Umpqua merger. Is the math starting to work?

The combination of two Pacific Northwest banks was supposed to create a regional powerhouse, but rising deposit costs have stung. CEO Clint Stein says he's "laser-focused" on making Columbia a top performer again.

By Polo Rocha

4h ago
Diversity and equality

Small banks 'feel like hostages' to their core systems: OCC's Hsu

A set of panels discussing minority depository institutions and digitization found that cost is a significant challenge to minority depository institutions, especially in the core processing space.

By Miriam Cross

6h ago
Community banking

Regulators issue guidance to community banks on third-party risks

The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a 30-page guidebook on managing affiliate risks. The report builds on formal guidance issued last year.

By Kyle Campbell

8h ago