M&A
M&A
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Unifund has named Robert Schofield as its new vice president, Strategic Alliances.
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Fifth Third Bancorp has agreed to buy a credit card portfolio from Quad City Bank & Trust.
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The Illinois Attorney General's Office reports it generated more than $1.1 billion in state revenue through litigation and collection efforts last year.
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Promontory Interfinancial Network is adding Bank Assetpoint to its suite of products, a service designed to be a one-stop shop for bankers and real estate investors to exchange loans and REO.
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U.S. Century Bank, the nation's largest undercapitalized bank, is close to a deal that would give a controlling stake to local investors.
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FirstMerit's Sandra Pierce has two tough jobs. Overseeing the bank's expansion into her home state of Michigan, while leading the financial advisory board picked to rescue its biggest city.
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TowneBank in Suffolk, Va., has acquired The Clement Companies, an insurance agency in Greenville, N.C.
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James Abbott, recently named the best investor relations professional for mid-cap banks, understands what analysts need to know about Zions because he used to be one of them.
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DBA International is currently in the process of performing an in-depth review the 162-page report issued by the Federal Trade Commission entitled “The Structure and Practices of the Debt Buying Industry.”
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A Senate panel is said to be looking into warnings by a former trader at JPMorgan Chase months before his bets ballooned into a $6 billion loss for the company.
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Robert Scully, a former top executive at Morgan Stanley, said he will leave the Bank of America board when his term expires.
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Add First Baldwin Bancshares in Foley, Ala., to the list of companies turning to bankruptcy as a way to stabilize banking units.
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Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) has agreed to buy a credit card portfolio from Quad City Bank & Trust.
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Western Alliance's deal for a small industrial loan company out of bankruptcy shows that old-fashioned financial deals still have appeal for shrewd shoppers.
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A once minor marketing relationship with Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco has become one of the best moves ever by Baltimore's struggling First Mariner Bank.
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Brookline Bancorp (BRKL) in Boston reported higher quarterly earnings after an acquisition boosted interest income.
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The payments technology company plans to acquire the online banking company for its bill payment technology.
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FIS, the number-one financial services technology company on the FinTech 100 ranking, Thursday announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire mFoundry, a Larkspur, Calif.-based mobile banking and payments provider.
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Fees from mortgage banking and fewer troubled loans lifted First Mariner Bancorp in the fourth quarter. The $1.38 billion-asset company in Baltimore earned $1.6 million in the fourth quarter after losing $4 million a year earlier.
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Yadkin Valley Financial in Elkin, N.C., sold a reinsurance business during the fourth quarter.
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