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The London bank, founded by American entrepreneur Vernon Hill, has lost three-fourths of its market value since British regulators found that some of Metro’s mortgages were given the wrong risk weighting.

The company said it could use proceeds from selling common and preferred stock to increase lending and add branches.

Profitability improved significantly last year for banks with less than $2 billion of assets, but not because of anything they did. Some troubling trends lurk beneath those big gains too.

Political contributions from Wall Street rose, but did they influence policy?; bank stocks post biggest monthly gain since President Trump was elected.

CEO Kessell Stelling said he thinks about Synovus' depressed stock price daily, even though his team is ahead of schedule cutting costs from a deal that closed in January.

The company could use its share of proceeds from the IPO to repay debt and pursue bank acquisitions.

The company plans to use the new capital to pursue growth opportunities.

Software startups say bringing borrowers, builders and lenders onto one digital platform can remove some of the risks lenders faced during the crisis.

The French banking giant has spent months winding down its holdings in the $20 billion-asset bank.

Shareholder approval, usually a formality, is far from guaranteed when an acquirer's share price is sliding.