Issues : Bank M&A
What’s More Important—Size or Profitability?
In bank acquisitions, it pays to focus on more than the size of your institution.
Avoiding the Excess Parachute Payments Trap in M&A Deals
Through early planning for compliance with Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code, banks can avoid saddling senior executives with punishing excise taxes, or the bank with expensive gross up payments.
2016 Bank M&A Survey: The Rising Importance of Scale
Many of the nation’s banks feel the need to grow significantly, but credit quality concerns could lead to future loan quality problems and impact the level of consolidation within the industry.
Buyer Beware: How Banks Can Avoid a Transaction Disaster
West Monroe Partners’ John Stockamp writes about strategies to employ before an acquisition.
Top Five Ways Mergers Will Achieve the Needed Economies of Scale (Because Most Don’t)
Some banks are missing out on productivity goals after a merger or acquisition.
Stick to the Basics as Bank M&A Heats Up
This article describes the questions to ask about a pending M&A deal.
Midyear Update: Current Trends in Bank M&A
Consolidation is on the rise, but bank M&A may end 2015 slightly below 2014.
Does Market Volatility Impact Bank M&A?
Bank Director's President, Al Dominick, looks at the impact on merger activity caused by recent stock market fluctuations.
Doing an Acquisition? Don’t Forget the CRA Rating
This article describes the potential risks of Community Reinvestment Act ratings in an acquisition, and how to mitigate them.
Time to Develop an M&A Survival Strategy
Scott Sommer of Cornerstone Advisors describes how banks can devise an effective acquisition strategy.