M&A
M&A
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Twitter subpoenaed records from Morgan Stanley and other financial firms as part of its legal fight with Elon Musk over his canceled $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform.
August 1 -
Citigroup’s Mexican unit, Banamex, is likely to attract offers of about $7 billion to $8 billion as the field of bidders narrows, according to people familiar with the matter.
August 1 -
Indiana-based Old National Bancorp says it has invested $1 billion in floors, collars and other credit hedges in case of a sudden shift in interest rate policy.
July 26 -
The deal comes on top of the company’s previously announced agreement to acquire another Wisconsin bank, Denmark Bancshares.
July 26 -
Somerset Savings Bank will convert to a stock-owned bank before merging with Regal Bancorp, the holding company for the $545 million-asset Regal Bank, also in New Jersey.
July 26 -
Under the leadership of new CEO Rob Holmes, the Dallas-based company has embarked upon a top-to-bottom transformation to become the "flagship financial services firm" of the Lone Star State. But can Holmes make progress quickly enough to satisfy impatient investors?
July 26 -
A former Goldman Sachs Group banker was accused of passing insider trading information to a squash buddy, part of a group of nine people charged Monday by federal prosecutors in New York.
July 25 -
During the bank’s second-quarter earnings call, Cort O'Haver, president and CEO, said Umpqua and Columbia still hadn’t received an approval yet but were hoping to complete the integration next year.
July 22 -
Banco Santander was eliminated from the bidding process for Citigroup’s Mexican unit, opening the way for a takeover by a local rival.
July 22 -
The Connecticut bank’s proposed combination with American Challenger Development Corp. was terminated because the two parties didn’t anticipate they could meet the closing conditions. The fintech now says it’s retained Citigroup to explore a possible sale.
July 21 -
The Pittsburgh company beat analysts’ expectations and reported double-digit loan growth even excluding assets added in a recent acquisition. A pending deal in North Carolina would provide it a ready source of low-cost deposits in a rising-rate environment, the CEO says.
July 21 -
HSBC has agreed to sell its Russian unit to local lender Expobank, the latest international bank to exit the country following its invasion of Ukraine.
July 21 -
Bank of Montreal agreed to buy Radicle Group Inc., a sustainability-advisory and emissions-measurement firm, to help clients that are working to reduce their environmental impacts.
July 20 -
The combination of UniWyo and Reliant Federal would bring together roughly $700 million of assets and 50,000 members.
July 20 -
The combined institution would have more than $4 billion of assets and 36 branches across Oregon and Washington.
July 18 -
Several groups raised concerns at a public hearing about the Canadian bank’s proposed acquisition of Bank of the West. They accused BMO of shortcomings in its mortgage lending to Black and Latino borrowers and said they won’t support the deal without the bank's firm commitment to help underserved communities.
July 14 -
Financial terms of the Rhode Island bank’s agreement to acquire Paladin Advisors were not disclosed. Paladin is expected to join a division that grew out of a 2018 deal for Clarfeld Financial Advisors.
July 14 -
Credit unions generally struggle to make agricultural loans because the market is saturated by more experienced lenders. But they can develop the expertise — or acquire it through M&A.
July 13 -
In global news this week, buy now/pay later companies Zip and Sezzle call off their merger, BBVA sets a higher target for women in management, ABN Amro debuts a digital wallet for gig workers, and more.
July 13 -
The technology billionaire Romesh Wadhwani’s artificial intelligence software company agreed to buy BAE Systems' financial crime detection business, NetReveal.
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