M&A
M&A
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Eagle Bancorp in Bethesda, Md., has issued $150 million in subordinated debt after increasing the amount it originally planned to sell.
July 22 - Minnesota
Fee income, niche financing lines and auto lending drove second-quarter profits at TCF Financial in Wayzata, Minn.
July 22 - Texas
LegacyTexas Financial Group in Plano has met its original purpose of becoming a big player in its home market.
July 22 -
BNC Bancorp in High Point, N.C., plans to raise about $55 million through a common stock offering.
July 21 -
Regional banks like BB&T, Huntington Bancshares and Citizens Financial are growing through acquisition and targeted business-line initiatives, but they are having to contain spending simultaneously.
July 21 -
North Carolina's second-biggest community bank agreed to sell itself at a rich premium, signaling that the state has become an attractive market for acquirers. Adding an out-of-state bank could also create opportunities for *locals* to poach business.
July 21 -
One of the nations biggest banks and the so-called everything store have joined forces to extend loan discounts to students.
July 21 -
Strong commercial loan growth drove an 8% year-over-year increase in Private Bancorp's second-quarter profit.
July 21 - New York
People's United Financial in Bridgeport, Conn., has agreed to buy a New York wealth-management firm.
July 21 -
The Brexit vote last month gave a small boost to second-quarter profit at Bank of New York Mellon, but the low interest rate environment continued to bedevil the custody bank in many segments of its business.
July 21 -
Huntington Bancshares in Columbus, Ohio, reported a second-quarter profit of $175 million, off 11% from the same period in 2015. Part of the reason for the drop was a $21 million charge related to its pending acquisition of FirstMerit in Akron.
July 21 - North Carolina
F.N.B. Corp. in Pittsburgh is making a big play to enter North Carolina.
July 21 -
BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., reported higher quarterly profit that reflected loan growth and its recent acquisitions.
July 21 -
The $24.4 billion-asset company reported a $50 million profit in the second quarter, up 2% from the first quarter.
July 20 -
BancorpSouth in Tupelo, Miss., reported weaker quarterly profit after boosting its loan-loss provision and recording lower fee income.
July 20 -
Arbor Bancorp in Ann Arbor, Mich., has agreed to buy Birmingham Bloomfield Bancshares in Michigan.
July 20 -
American Express Co., the biggest U.S credit-card issuer by purchases, said second-quarter profit rose 37 percent as customers increased spending and the company booked a $1 billion gain from the sale of its Costco Wholesale Corp. portfolio.
July 20 -
BankUnited in Miami Lakes, Fla., on Wednesday reported higher quarterly profits, driven in part by an uptick in fee income from equipment-lease financing.
July 20 -
Establishing a set of standards of practice for chief risk officers and others would help benchmark the quality control for managing risk in the financial services industry.
July 20 -
Panic around energy lending has subsided somewhat as oil prices have climbed and banks have reduced their overall exposure. But expect more trouble ahead if prices level off.
July 19



