Community banking
Barry Sloane of Newtek Business Services explains why banks are referring customers to his nonbank lender.
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Gerard Cassidy, of RBC Capital Markets, on why PNC's acquisition of National City is hard to beat in the annals of bank M&A.
March 28 -
Participants in a recent American Banker roundtable say whether they would they pick a a community bank, a regional bank or a megabank if given a choice — and explain why.
March 28
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Alabama's BancTrust Financial has abandoned a bid to raise private equity funds. As bank-acquirers circle, a deal could say a lot about the state of M&A.
March 26 -
Union Bank's deal to buy Pacific Capital is making the U.S. Treasury's decision to a quick write-down on its investment in the target on look like a shrewd choice.
March 19 -
Union Bank of California is buying bank holding company Pacific Capital, in one of the largest bank deals in years.
March 12 -
Cadence Bancorp's offer of 2.4 times tangible book value for Houston's Encore Bancshares has revived hopes that the M&A is coming back.
March 8 -
Encore Bancshares is the latest Texas bank to sell itself for a nice price, even as bank M&A stutters outside the state.
March 6 -
The threat of an economic setback is real despite general optimism, warns Joseph Ficalora, the chief executive of New York Community Bancorp.
March 6 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is embarking on an ambitious study to better understand community banks. It doing so, it's looking beyond the traditional measure size.
March 1
