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10 largest bank deals of 2025

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The top 10 bank deals of 2025 have an average value of more than $427 million. Nearly half of the deals were announced in April. 

Columbia Banking System's purchase of Pacific Premier Bancorp, announced on April 23, is the largest bank deal this year, valued at more than $2 billion. 

Read more about the largest bank deals of 2025. 

Source: S&P

The largest bank deals of 2025

Rank Buyer Target Announcement
date
Deal
value
Deal
value/
common
equity
Deal value/
deposits
10 Seacoast Banking
Corp. of
Florida
Heartland
Bancshares
Inc.
02/27/25 $106.3M 159.5% 16.6%
9 MidFlorida
CU
Prime
Meridian
Holding
Co.
04/22/25 $194.5M 216% 23.7%
8 Old Second
Bancorp Inc.
Bancorp
Financial
Inc.
02/25/25 $196.5M 131.1% 15.8%
7 TowneBank Old Point
Financial
Corp.
04/03/25 $204.7M 79.2% 16.3%
6 MetroCity
Bankshares
Inc
First IC
Corp.
03/17/25 $206M 141.7% 21.1%
5 CNB
Financial
Corp.
ESSA
Bancorp Inc.
01/10/25 $209.3M 96.3% 12.9%
4 Glacier
Bancorp
Inc.
Bank of
Idaho
Holding
Co.
01/13/25 $246.2M 186.7% 20.1%
3 FB
Financial
Corp.
Southern
States
Bancshares
Inc.
03/31/25 $380.7M 156.6% 15.8%
2 Eastern
Bankshares
Inc.
HarborOne
Bancorp Inc.
04/24/25 $481.8M 99.8% 10.4%
1 Columbia
Banking
System Inc.
Pacific
Premier
Bancorp
Inc.
04/23/25 $2,044.10M 99.3% 13.9%
Chart showing the largest bank M&A deals of 2025, so far.
Chart showing the largest bank M&A deals of 2025, so far.
Chart showing the largest bank M&A deals of 2025, so far.
Chart showing the largest bank M&A deals of 2025, so far.
Chart showing the largest bank M&A deals of 2025, so far.
Chart showing the largest bank M&A deals of 2025, so far.
Chart showing the largest bank M&A deals of 2025, so far.
Chart showing the largest bank M&A deals of 2025, so far.
Chart showing the largest bank M&A deals of 2025, so far.
Chart showing the largest bank M&A deals of 2025, so far.
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