Paul Davis
Founder, Bank SlatePaul Davis is the founder of Bank Slate, a financial strategy and research firm. He previously led community bank coverage at American Banker.
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The companies said the merger will provide scale and help them update technology more efficiently.
August 12 -
The bank will buy First State Bank of Mobeetie.
August 9 -
The New Jersey company will pay $284 million for Two River Bancorp and Country Bank Holding.
August 9 -
The company will pay $13 million for the parent of Western Bank of Wolf Point.
August 9 -
Consolidation heated up in recent weeks after a tepid start this year. Here is an overview of noteworthy deals announced in June and July.
August 6 -
The company will pay $43 million in cash for a bank with seven branches and $209 million in deposits.
August 5 -
The Arkansas company will pay $434 million for Landrum Co., which also has branches in Oklahoma and Texas.
July 31 -
The Louisiana company will pay $15 million in cash for Bank of York.
July 30 -
To combat the notion that regional banks’ tech offerings are inferior, the combined BB&T-SunTrust will have to go “toe-to-toe” with big banks, BB&T chief Kelly King said ahead of shareholder approval of the deal Tuesday.
July 30 -
First Financial Banc will gain nearly $300 million in liquidity when it acquires First National Corp. of Wynne.
July 26
