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Byline: Jackie Stewart For those hoping that regional bank M&A would pick up, quarterly earnings calls are probably proving to be a downer. Congress earlier this year passed legislation that [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart KeyCorp in Cleveland reported higher quarterly profit after cutting costs and generating more fee income. The $137.8 billion-asset company said its second-quarter net income rose 17% from [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Bankers will take good news anywhere they can find it. In another sign that the industry has put the financial crisis in the past, seven months have [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Southern Bancorp in Arkadelphia, Ark., doesn't mind reeling in smaller fish. While the $1.2 billion-asset company has completed several acquisitions since the financial crisis, the biggest bank [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Virginia National Bankshares in Charlottesville, Va., will increase the loan-loss allowance for its student loan portfolio after an outside insurance carrier was shut down. The $625 million-asset [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart There has been a bit of a push and pull to bank M&A this year. The year's four biggest acquisitions, each at or above $1 billion in [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart BOK Financial in Tulsa, Okla., a powerhouse in producing noninterest income, will look to improve the fee-generating prowess of its latest acquisition. The $33 billion-asset company agreed [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart An activist investor is calling on HomeStreet in Seattle to consider selling itself if management is unable to improve performance. Blue Lion Capital, which has engaged in [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Branches don't get much love these days, yet almost every bank that decides to unload them has little trouble finding a buyer. Banks have become increasingly focused [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Flagstar Bancorp in Troy, Mich., has agreed to buy 52 branches from Wells Fargo in San Francisco. The $17.7 billion-asset Flagstar said in a press release Tuesday [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Recent de novo activity hasn't been all blue skies and sunshine. Many bankers have been eager to see more banks open since the financial crisis. Lately there [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart David Brooks at Independent Bank Group in McKinney, Texas, deserves some credit for keeping an open mind. The $8.8 billion-asset company gained a small Colorado network after [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Emclaire Financial in Emlenton, Pa., has agreed to buy Community First Bancorp in Reynoldsville, Pa. The $756 million-asset Emclaire said in a press release Friday that it [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart HomeStreet's board nominees were re-elected following a heated battle with an activist shareholder. The $6.9 billion-asset company said in a press release Thursday that a majority of [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart A recently rebranded bank in Dallas has raised $90 million in capital. The $93 million-asset MapleMark Bank said in a press release that its investors included 'prominent [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart The location of Fifth Third Bancorp's first bank acquisition in almost a decade is finally known -- Chicago. But the big question is whether the bank, after [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Mutual of Omaha Bank in Nebraska has agreed to buy Synergy One Lending, a national mortgage lender in San Diego. The $8.1 billion-asset Mutual of Omaha said [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart BayCom Corp in Walnut Creek, Calif., has raised $66.8 million through an initial public offering. The $1.2 billion-asset company said Tuesday that it sold about 3.3 million [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Subordinated debt is poised to make a comeback. Debt issuance has at times been a popular option for banks because the interest payments are tax-deductible and it [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart John Marshall Bank in Reston, Va., has hired a veteran Washington-area executive as its CEO. The $1.2 million-asset bank said in a press release Wedesday that Christopher [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart An aggressive ad campaign by Peapack-Gladstone Bank has revived a debate on how community banks should react when a large bank goes astray. It started with a [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Name changes are never an easy decision. Rebranding can take time and cause confusion. Marketing is often needed. Signs must be replaced, among other things. Still, banks [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart BancorpSouth in Tupelo, Miss., could make up for lost time when it comes to bank acquisitions. The $17 billion-asset bank was forced to delay two deals and [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart John Corbett feared that his shot at getting meaningful scale in Atlanta was slipping away. Corbett, president and CEO of CenterState Bank in Winter Haven, Fla., believed [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart HomeStreet in Seattle is cutting more costs after posting another loss in its mortgage segment. The $6.9 billion-asset company said in a press release Monday that it [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart When it comes to boosting fee income, the adage 'no pain no gain' seems appropriate for community banks. Smaller institutions have historically struggled with noninterest income, which [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Zions Bancorp. in Salt Lake City reported higher quarterly earnings that reflected increased lending and a reduction in its loan-loss allowance. The $66.5 billion-asset company said Monday [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Lower taxes and a recent acquisition of an investment banking firm contributed to a big jump in KeyCorp's first-quarter profits. The $137 billion-asset company said Thursday that [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Pardon the understatement, but executives and investors have long clashed over the expense side of the ledger. This tension seems to be coming to a head as [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart BancorpSouth in Tupelo, Miss., isn't sitting idle after being freed from regulatory restrictions. The $17.2 billion-asset company said in a press release Wednesday that it will buy [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Sussex Bancorp in Rockaway, N.J., is changing its name to SB One Bancorp. The change, which will include a new logo and color scheme, will be effective [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Pinnacle Financial Partners in Nashville, Tenn., has raised expectations after surpassing its prior profitability target. The $22.9 billion-asset company said in a press release Monday that its [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Blue Ridge Bankshares in Luray, Va., has hired an industry veteran as its bank president. The $423 million-asset company said in a press release Monday that Gary [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart A group of investors has agreed to buy Beach Community Bank in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., for $100 million once its holding company goes through bankruptcy, according [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Triumph Bancorp in Dallas is beefing up in Colorado and expanding into New Mexico with a pair of bank acquisitions. The $3.5 billion-asset Triumph announced Monday that [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart The more bidders, the merrier. That philosophy among small-bank sellers is driving the increase in credit union acquisitions of banks this year, and it's a big reason [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart EPIC Advisors, a 401(k) recordkeeping firm that is a subsidiary of NBT Bancorp, has acquired Retirement Plan Services. Retirement Plan Services, based in Brentwood, Mo., provides full-service [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart BofI Holding in San Diego has bought a bankruptcy trustee and fiduciary services business from Epiq. The $8.9 billion-asset company said in a press release Wednesday that [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart The succession plan at United Community Banks in Blairsville, Ga., required persistence from the current CEO and patience from his replacement. The $12.3 billion-asset company announced late [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Washington Federal in Seattle and Anchor Bancorp in Lacey, Wash., have extended the deadline for their planned merger. The companies disclosed in separate regulatory filing on Monday [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Renasant Corp. in Tupelo, Miss., will close its latest bank acquisition with a clean slate from the perspective of credit quality. The $9.8 billion-asset company, as part [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Renasant Corp. in Tupelo, Miss., has agreed to buy Brand Group Holdings in Lawrenceville, Ga. The $9.8 billion-asset Rensasant said in a press release late Wedesday that [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart HarborOne Bancorp in Brockton, Mass., turned to its backup plan to lock down its first bank acquisition. The $2.7 billion-asset HarborOne is a mutual holding company, so [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart A quest for low-cost deposits is starting to spur industry consolidation. Financial institutions that were once drowning in deposits after the financial crisis are finally sensing a [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Three private-equity funds have sold shares in Independent Bank Group in McKinney, Texas. LEP Carlile Holdings sold 450,000 shares of common stock, while Trident IV Depository Holdings [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart The Community Reinvestment Act rating for Financial Institutions Inc. in Warsaw N.Y., has been downgraded. The $4.1 billion-asset parent of Five Star Bank disclosed in a regulatory [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart BankFirst Financial Services in Columbus, Miss., has acquired HomeFirst, a mortgage services company in Oxford, Miss. The $958 million-asset BankFirst said in a press release Thursday that [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart MB Financial in Chicago has been hit with a lawsuit alleging that it runs a 'predatory' overdraft fee program. The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Larger community banks are in the sweet spot for industry consolidation. Overall last year, 34 banks with $1 billion to $10 billion in assets agreed to be [...]

Byline: Jackie Stewart Nbkc bank in Overland Park, Kan., is comfortable sitting at the same table as many of the banking industry's biggest innovators. The $632 million-asset bank, a unit [...]