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    Huntington to buy Cadence Bank for $7.4B

    The deal, Huntington’s second in Texas this year, comes just weeks after fellow Ohio regional Fifth Third announced it would acquire Dallas-based Comerica.

    By • Oct. 27, 2025
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    Third Coast’s $123M deal extends Texas M&A hot streak

    The Houston lender said it would acquire Keystone Bank to bolster its presence in Austin. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter.

    By • Oct. 24, 2025
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    Artificial intelligence

    Banks are enthusiastic about AI’s promises. But can they get customers on board, and will regulators let the innovation happen?

    By Banking Dive staff
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    Nicolet Bank makes $864M deal for Iowa, Twin Cities foothold

    The Green Bay, Wisconsin-based lender said it would buy MidWestOne to create a $15 billion-asset bank, roughly doubling its branch count, including 15 locations in the Minneapolis area.

    By • Oct. 24, 2025
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    JPMorgan snags BofA vet as investment banking chair

    Kevin Brunner, who’s been at Bank of America for 25 years, will join JPMorgan Chase as global chair of investment banking and M&A next year.

    By • Oct. 24, 2025
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    Ohio banks to merge in $299M deal

    Canfield, Ohio-based Farmers National Bank’s acquisition of in-state peer Middlefield will add about $2 billion in assets and give Farmers a presence in the Columbus area.

    By • Oct. 23, 2025
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    5 hot topics BofA CEO Brian Moynihan is watching

    The Bank of America chief, speaking Tuesday at the American Bankers Association’s annual convention, talked stablecoins, cybersecurity and the importance of new regulations that “can’t be taken apart easily.”

    By • Oct. 22, 2025
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    Illinois’ HBT makes a $170.2M deal to stretch footprint to St. Louis

    Purchasing Carlinville, Illinois-based CNB Bank Shares would add $1.8 billion in assets, $1.5 billion in deposits and $1.3 billion in loans to HBT’s balance sheet, along with 18 locations.

    By • Oct. 21, 2025
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    Texas deal would create $3.1B bank

    The deal puts Cornerstone within Texas’ top 20 by deposit market share among the state’s sub-$10 billion-asset banks and is one of several deals focused on the Lone Star State this year.

    By • Oct. 20, 2025
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    OCC’s Gould details regulatory ‘reset’

    At the ABA’s annual convention Monday, the comptroller, more than once, referred to the OCC’s actions during his tenure as “down payments,” and promised more community bank “relief” to come.

    By • Oct. 20, 2025
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    Fifth Third, Truist flag nonbank lending

    As Zions, Western Alliance and other banks revealed exposures to nonbank lenders, one analyst noted that concern around that sector is the “topic du jour.”

    By • Oct. 17, 2025
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    First Citizens to acquire 138 BMO branches

    Buying the branches, which span 11 states, furthers First Citizens’ effort to expand nationally, bank executives said. One analyst, though, said it gives the North Carolina-based lender “a weird map.”

    By • Oct. 16, 2025
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    Tech-focused Erebor Bank gets conditional OCC approval

    The bank, backed by billionaire investor Peter Thiel and founded by two tech pioneers, will serve companies focused on crypto, AI, defense and manufacturing.

    By • Oct. 15, 2025
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    First Horizon keeps options open amid M&A uptick

    The Memphis, Tennessee-based bank’s CEO is “increasingly confident in our ability to integrate a well-structured merger,” but also indicated the lender is focused on “optionality,” he said Wednesday.

    By • Oct. 15, 2025
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    Robinhood CEO to community bankers: Don’t be too worried about AI

    The chief executive of the day-trading fintech told a group of community bank CEOs last week that small, local lenders have a leg up when it comes to customer relationships.

    By • Oct. 15, 2025
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    JPMorgan takes $170M charge-off on Tricolor ties

    The bank’s CEO Jamie Dimon called the misstep, in connection to the bankrupt subprime auto lender, “not our finest moment.” He also warned that “when you see one cockroach, there are probably more.”

    By • Oct. 14, 2025
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    Bessent urges community bank CEOs to ‘go on the offense’

    Community lenders that make it through the next decade will have embraced technology and attracted younger customers, the Treasury secretary said at a Fed conference Thursday.

    By • Oct. 9, 2025
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    Fifth Third-Comerica bolsters Texas deal activity

    Analysts look to pinpoint the next bank takeover target – citing First Horizon, Webster and Cadence – as the banking sector comes off its hottest M&A quarter in four years.

    By • Oct. 8, 2025
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    Citizens names commercial-banking head as McCree retires

    Don McCree is retiring after 10 years with the bank. Ted Swimmer, most recently the bank’s head of capital markets and advisory, has taken McCree’s former post.

    By • Oct. 7, 2025
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    Fifth Third to acquire Comerica for $10.9B

    The deal, expected to close by March, will create a $288 billion-asset bank among the nation’s 10 largest.

    By • Oct. 6, 2025
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    Prosperity scoops up another Texas bank for $269M

    The Houston-based lender, which “treats M&A as a line of business,” is likely to consider more acquisition opportunities while closing and integrating its two most recently announced deals, an analyst said.

    By • Oct. 2, 2025
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    Top bank conferences to attend in 2026

    Gatherings can be idea generators, or crucial chances to network — especially amid an environment where political change can yield previously unexpected possibilities and partnerships.

    By • Oct. 1, 2025
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    TD wants to get ‘back to winning’

    The Canadian lender’s executives detailed plans to slash costs by $1.8 billion a year and deepen customer relationships to make the bank more efficient while revving up revenue growth.

    By • Sept. 30, 2025
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    Washington banks to combine in $176.6M deal

    Heritage Financial will buy Kitsap Bank – adding 17 locations to bolster its presence on two peninsulas west of Seattle. It’ll be Heritage’s first acquisition since 2018.

    By • Sept. 29, 2025
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    Mid Penn to buy NJ bank, Florida investment firm

    The serial acquirer seeks to buy its seventh bank in about 11 years, New Jersey-based 1st Colonial, for $101 million. The following day, Mid Penn said it’s acquiring an investment management firm, too.

    By • Sept. 29, 2025
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    Indiana’s First Merchants to buy in-state peer for $241.3M

    The deal would give the Muncie, Indiana-based bank $21 billion in assets and entry to the neighboring Louisville, Kentucky, market.

    By • Sept. 26, 2025