Credit quality

Dime-Bridge a conventional deal in unconventional times

The New York-area companies' $489 million agreement runs counter to recent merger pacts built around branch cuts and more tech spending.

July 06, 2020

Other Sectors

Why serial acquirer Stephen Gordon is starting a bank from scratch

The last bank where he was CEO, Opus Bank, ran into trouble largely because it made too many acquisitions in too short a time span. This time around, Gordon will take a more methodical approach.

June 15, 2020

Financial services

Liquidity concerns drove LegacyTexas to sell

The Plano bank, which is being sold to Prosperity Bancshares in one of the industry's biggest M&A deals this year, was also worried about credit quality, a regulatory filing shows.

August 27, 2019

Investment Banking

United Financial could’ve sold for a lot more money, filing shows

People’s United offered 30% more in the summer of 2018 for United Financial than it agreed to pay in a deal announced last month. What followed the initial talks is a textbook lesson in the impact of indecision and the unexpected in bank M&A.

August 15, 2019

Other Sectors

Anticipating recession, banks start scrubbing loan books

It’s hard to time the next economic slowdown. But lenders, many with lingering memories of the financial crisis, are taking steps now to limit exposure in commercial real estate, construction and other loan segments.

August 05, 2019

Private Equity

Is a leveraged lending crisis imminent? Depends who you ask

Lawmakers waded into a growing debate about the threat posed by corporate credit risk.

June 04, 2019

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