Industry News
Mergers and acquisitions enjoyed a notable uptick in the first quarter. Now financial dealmakers are hotly debating whether it's a one-quarter wonder or the beginning of a much-heralded consolidation.
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As bank earnings come rolling in, signs of life are reemerging even as the pressure to cut costs remains intense.
April 17 -
With big deals still lacking, some bankers including Umpqua's Ray Davis are resorting to several small ones to move the needle.
April 11
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High asking prices and stubborn CEOs will keep M&A tepid in the short run, but eventually it will pick up — and two or three regionals in the Midwest and South could disappear, panelists on an American Banker Roundtable said.
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Participants in a recent American Banker roundtable debate to what extent tougher supervision for banks above $50 billion of assets will deter deals among banks below the threshold.
March 30 -
Regional banks are going to have to innovate and cut costs because revenue will remain tight and competition will get fiercer, Matthew Friend of Accenture Payment Services says.
March 30 -
Regional banks will have a hard time growing revenue and meeting the demands of Dodd-Frank, but they have some distinct advantages over other banks, too, panelists on a recent American Banker roundtable said.
March 29 -
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 -
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
