A few observations on Capital One’s most recent acquisition of HBSC’s credit card business and how it aligns with their overall growth strategy.

Example of how four private equity firms successfully bid on a failed bank and why it's important to the industry.

Buying a failed bank can be a brutal experience. There may be opportunity to grow your bank, but there also is risk and hard work to do in a short amount of time.

Two bankers share their experiences with FDIC-Assisted deals as a way to grow their financial institutions.

Michael Sher, managing director of RSM McGladrey, discusses where FDIC-assisted deals go from here, and what mistakes bankers make when buying failed banks.

Hundreds of banks, most of them small, community organizations, likely will fail in the years to come but there's still the opportunity for bankers to buy troubled institutions and grow balance sheets during tough economic times.

Rick Childs, a director in Crowe Horwath LLP's financial advisory services group, provides some basics for understanding the bank valuation process.

Following our 2011 Acquire or Be Acquired conference in Arizona, partners from Grant Thornton LLP discuss the important issues facing banks today and how those are likely to help drive M&A activity over the next few years.

A look at what more than 550 bank directors and CEOS have to say about what's ahead for the financial industry.

Jerri Moss provides an overview on China's ambitious five-year plan that includes international expansion and social change.