M&A
M&A
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Citigroup (NYSE:C) is replacing Sanjiv Das, the chief executive of its mortgage unit, with private bank head Jane Fraser.
May 20 -
A breakdown of M&A announcements in the financial services industry for the week ended May 18.
May 20 -
Shareholders of OptimumBank Holdings (OPHC) have approved a reverse stock split aimed at preserving the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., company's Nasdaq listing.
May 20 -
Enterprise Financial Services has completed the purchase of a mortgage business from F&M Bank and Trust.
May 20 - Florida
As investor Jay Sidhu and Atlantic Coast Financial intensify their fight over the Florida company's deal to sell to Bond Street Holdings, the market has priced a higher deal value into the stock. Atlantic Coast warns that no such bump-up is coming.
May 17 -
Commerce Bancshares is the latest bank to announce plans to buy a small bank in Oklahoma, which boasts one of the nation's lowest unemployment rates
May 17 -
Brennan Ryan, a partner at Nelson Mullins, ran the equivalent of several marathons with his wife and a friend in the Marathon des Sables to raise money for Hemophilia of Georgia.
May 17 -
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency took regulatory action against 11 financial institutions and terminated orders against five others in April, the agency said Friday.
May 17 -
AmeriServ Financial in Johnstown, Pa., has begun another stock buyback.
May 17 -
The Federal Reserve has ordered Bank of Montreal's U.S. unit to strengthen compliance with laws designed to deter money laundering.
May 17 -
Sierra Vista Bank in Folsom, Calif., has added $1.5 million in capital from the Taylor International Fund.
May 17 -
Flagstar Bancorp (FBC) in Troy, Mich., announced that its chief executive, Michael Tierney, has stepped aside after just eight months in the post.
May 17 -
Whatever the outcome of Tuesday's vote over Jamie Dimon's dual titles at JPMorgan Chase, the debate raging at the country's largest bank will increase the pressure on bank boards to split up chairman/CEO roles in the future.
May 17 -
Tim Ryan, a veteran lobbyist who runs JPMorgan Chase's regulatory strategy, served until January as chief executive of SIFMA, which moved last week to stop the sending of vote tallies to shareholders.
May 16 -
Former Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit has taken a stake in India's JM Financial Group, which also plans to name him chairman of a proposed new bank.
May 16 -
Customers Bancorp in Wyomissing, Pa., is bumping up the size of its stock sale by more than 20%
May 16 -
Capitol Bancorp is down three banks in the past week, but it could have been four. The company said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday that regulators attempted to seize a fourth bank on Friday, but a temporary injunction from a state court stopped it.
May 16 -
Regulators let Synovus acquire a failed bank its first deal in four years though it still owes Tarp $968 million. A surprising number of similar deals have occurred in recent years.
May 16 -
Peoples Bancorp (PEBO) in Marietta, Ohio, has bought three insurance agencies in Jackson, Ohio.
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Commerce Bancshares in Kansas City, Mo., has struck a deal for Summit Bancshares of Tulsa that would nearly double its asset base in Oklahoma.
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