M&A
M&A
- Virginia
Capital One Financial has allowed shareholders to nominate candidates to the companys board of directors, joining a spate of large U.S. companies moving to open access to proxy ballots.
October 6 -
The pace of bank M&A deals slowed in the third quarter and was flat through the first nine months of this year.
October 6 - New Jersey
A looming dividend spike tied to the Small Business Lending Fund convinced Hopewell Valley Community Bank in Pennington, N.J., to sell itself.
October 6 -
Synechron, a consulting firm to the financial services industry, has acquired Crossbridge, a London-based consulting firm.
October 6 -
Hancock Holding in Gulfport, Miss., has agreed to buy a portfolio of health care loans from United Community Banks in Blairsville, Ga.
October 6 -
First Cecilian Bancorp in Cecilia, Ky., has agreed to buy Farmers Bancshares in Hardinsburg, Ky.
October 5 -
CenterState Banks in Davenport, Fla., has agreed to buy Community Bank of South Florida in Homestead.
October 5 -
The $210 billion-asset company said in a press release Friday that CRC Insurance Services, its wholesale insurance unit, would buy Connecticut Underwriters Inc. in Middletown.
October 5 -
A breakdown of M&A announcements in the financial services industry for the week ended October 3.
October 5 -
Banc of California in Irvine has agreed to buy a Santa Ana office building for $77 million for its headquarters.
October 5 -
C1 Financial in St. Petersburg, Fla., is reportedly looking to sell itself.
October 5 - North Carolina
BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., has agreed to acquire a stake in Miller Insurance Services, a Lloyd's market broker.
October 2 -
Foreign banks looking to buy a U.S. institution long faced tough scrutiny from the Federal Reserve, and the financial crisis has only made the process harder.
October 2 -
The Small Business Investment Company program may be less famous among banks than some of the SBA's other programs, but it enjoyed a record in fiscal 2015 that wrapped up this week. Stories like that of Opus Bank in California shed light on why.
October 1 -
Emclaire Financial in Emlenton, Pa., has exited the Small Business Lending Fund.
October 1 -
The long-delayed approval of the merger of M&T and Hudson City should have been a bright spot in postcrisis M&A, but a small footnote from the Fed quickly reminded bankers that dealmaking will remain a demanding process.
October 1 -
Town and Country Financial in Springfield, Ill., has agreed to buy the parent of Premier Bank of Jacksonville in Illinois.
October 1 -
Community West Bancshares in Goleta, Calif., has received regulatory approval to exit the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
October 1 - New York
First Data, the payments processor taken private by KKR & Co. eight years ago, is seeking to raise as much as $3.2 billion in whats poised to be the biggest U.S. initial public offering this year.
October 1 -
Ameris Bancorp in Moultrie, Ga., has agreed to buy Jacksonville Bancorp in Florida.
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