M&A
M&A
- North Carolina
Fiserv was supposed to post a note on the website of an N.C. bank that BNC recently bought that redirected the acquisition's customers to BNC's site. Unfortunately, the note appeared on the wrong website -- that of a nearby rival.
December 16 -
Zions Bancorp (ZION) said the Volcker Rule will force it to take a $387 million charge on its portfolio of collateralized debt obligations.
December 16 -
Victory Bancorp in Limerick, Pa., and Huntingdon Valley in Warminster have agreed to a merger of equals.
December 16 - California
Hanmi Financial (HAFC) in Los Angeles has agreed to buy Central Bancorp in Garland, Texas.
December 16 -
A group of employees at Black Diamond Capital Management are looking to buy Pacific National Bank.
December 13 -
LifeLock Inc., an identity theft protection provider, has purchased Lemon Inc. and its mobile wallet to absorb Lemon's features into its new LifeLock Wallet app.
December 13 - PSO content
A Chinese bad-debt management company's shares soared in their Hong Kong debut Thursday, indicating strong investor enthusiasm for a business that could flourish if the world's No. 2 economy stumbles.
December 13 -
The Federal Reserve Board has approved a delayed merger between United Bancshares in Charleston, W.Va., and Virginia Commerce Bancorp in Arlington.
December 12 -
Buyers of failed banks and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. have mutual interests in closing out loss-share agreements even before they are due to sunset in coming years.
December 12 -
Before agreeing to sell itself to East West, the Houston company tried to connect with Chinese banks. Could other banks follow MetroCorp's lead?
December 12 -
The first new bank in three years recently cleared the hurdles necessary to open its doors. To do so, Bank of Bird-in-Hand's backers had to file 18 inches of paperwork, raising the question of whether regulators have become so strict that they'll encourage financial innovators to go elsewhere and leave community banks to languish.
December 12 -
The founding chairman of U.S. Century Bank in Miami will step down.
December 12 -
BBX Capital in Florida, which sold BankAtlantic to BB&T last year, has added Hoffman's Chocolates to its wide-ranging holdings.
December 12 -
Croghan Bancshares (CHBH) in Fremont, Ohio, has bought Indebancorp in Oak Harbor.
December 12 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released preliminary research Thursday on the use of arbitration clauses in connection with consumer financial products and services.
December 12 -
Pacific Mercantile Bancorp (PMBC) in Costa Mesa, Calif., is getting out of the mortgage business to focus on business banking.
December 12 -
Walter Investment Management (WAC) has bought $30 billion of mortgage servicing rights from an unnamed bank.
December 11 -
Toronto-Dominion Bank surpassed Royal Bank of Canada as the country's largest lender by assets for the first time after a decade-long expansion in U.S. consumer lending.
December 11 -
There may well be too many banks in the United States. Thats a problem for stock investors and CEOs of publicly traded banks to address, not policymakers.
December 11 -
Buyers in Texas show little interest in strugglers like Omnibank in Houston, leaving the door open for a buyer like Bank of the Ozarks from Arkansas that knows how to acquire and fix broken banks.
December 11



