The combined organization would have more than $3.6 billion of assets and a few dozen branches in Georgia.

The Indiana bank announced a five-year, $8.3 billion agreement with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition in connection with its acquisition of First Midwest Bancorp. The Federal Reserve approved the purchase last month.

The combination of the Bay Area credit unions creates an institution with nearly 50,000 members.

January was a quiet month for traditional bank mergers and acquisitions, but some big-name firms still struck big deals. Here's a look back at the month's most noteworthy deals.

The bank technology provider Amount has acquired Linear Financial Technologies to supplement its consumer and buy now/pay later offerings with digital small-business loans.

Six weeks after receiving a $237.5 million investment from the Treasury Department, the community development financial institution has struck a deal for Premier Bank of Arkansas.

JPMorgan Chase is selling Bighorn Permian Resources, an oil and gas producer it took over in 2020 after the company failed to attract bidders during its bankruptcy, to Earthstone Energy for $860 million.

Executives said record-high commercial loan commitments in the fourth quarter validate the San Antonio bank’s decision to open more than two dozen branches in Houston and pursue a similar path in Dallas.

DBS Group Holdings agreed to buy Citigroup’s consumer banking assets in Taiwan, as Southeast Asia’s largest lender pushes ahead with plans to boost its regional presence.

The merger, which was initially expected to be approved last year, will create one of the 10 largest banks across Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.

Multifamily and specialty finance loans, which were highlights during the fourth quarter, should increase further in 2022, company executives said.

UBS agreed to buy the U.S. robo advisor Wealthfront for $1.4 billion in cash, the first major acquisition of a fintech company under Chief Executive Ralph Hamers.

Acquiring the earned-wage-access firm and challenger bank would further efforts by the retailer and its partners to develop a "super app" featuring mobile financial tools.

Goldsmith, the grandson of City National Bank’s co-founder, is set to retire as its chairman. In an interview, he betrayed no regrets about the company’s sale to Royal Bank of Canada, which was propelled by a similar logic about the need for scale that drives many deals today.

Wells Fargo is considering a sale of its minority stake in a Hong Kong lender, as the U.S. bank continues to unload assets as part of a turnaround plan, people with knowledge of the matter said. 

The announcement marks JPMorgan’s first deal in 2022, on the heels of its most prolific year for buying and taking stakes in smaller firms since at least the financial crisis.

A $28 billion agreement with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition could help win regulatory approval for the acquisition of Michigan-based Flagstar Bancorp. The deal was originally expected to close last year.

The Alabama company continues to explore buyouts of add-on businesses, part of a strategy that has already helped recoup dollars lost as a result of reforms to its overdraft practices.

The merger of FVCBankcorp and Blue Ridge Bankshares, which has faced criticism from student borrower advocates, would have created a $5 billion-asset bank. The deal was delayed last year after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency raised concerns.

Grupo Financiero Banorte is seen as the top contender among potential bidders to buy Citigroup’s Mexican consumer banking operations, according to analysts at Credit Suisse Group and Bank of America.