Consolidations

Subordinated debt issuance, which took a back seat as bank stocks surged, could regain popularity as growth-minded banks become leery of market uncertainty.

Christopher Bergstrom led Cardinal Financial when it sold itself to United Bankshares in 2017.

It might make sense to scrap a decades-old name, especially for banks with aggressive growth plans.

Dan Rollins engineered nearly a dozen deals while at Prosperity Bank. Now CEO at BancorpSouth, he has returned to M&A after spending four frustrating years dealing with compliance issues.

Putting aside the spin of both credit unions and banks, we offer some informed predictions about how the financial industry would be reconfigured if the century-old tax break were to disappear.

Buyers are scooping up many of the market's biggest banks, making it harder for others to gain scale.

The Louisiana company has vowed to meaningfully improve investor returns and efficiency over the next two years.

Sussex Bancorp, which recently completed its first whole-bank acquisition, is rebranding itself as SB One Bancorp.

BancorpSouth, which had two prior deals delayed over BSA and CRA issues, has agreed to buy a bank in the Houston area.

The company, which completed a major acquisition last year, said tax reform will help it generate a higher return on average assets.