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.

Gary Shook, who led Middleburg Financial before its sale to Access National, has become president of Blue Ridge's bank.

With the three deals, Triumph is beefing up in Colorado, expanding into New Mexico and strengthening its asset-based lending unit.

Four banks have agreed to be sold to credit unions this year. Expect more deals between the longtime nemeses because the smallest banks are of less interest to other banks than they used to be, and some credit unions are in growth mode.

Several states have created their own operations aimed at shoring up what they see as oversight holes created by the CFPB; JPMorgan CEO’s annual letter (47 pages, this one) runs the gamut.

Washington Federal, which is working through Bank Secrecy Act issues, also allowed Anchor to consider offers from other potential buyers.

The Cleveland company acquired the business through its 2016 purchase of First Niagara Financial Group.

Renasant is requiring Brand Group to sell $55 million in classified loans before closing the deal, while attaching an incentive for the seller to get as much as possible for those sales.

A recent acquisition that was highly dilutive, and a lack of suitable mutual targets, could spur HarborOne Bancorp to pursue a second-step conversion.

More buyers, spurred by increased lending and an improved economy, are pursuing deals for banks with an abundance of cheap deposits.

The Chicago institution, formed in 2010 to buy the failed ShoreBank, has hired Sandler O'Neill to gauge interest from potential buyers, according to a published report.