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Huntington’s Cadence Acquisition: A Strategic Leap Into Southern Banking Markets

Huntington Bancshares’ $7.4B all-stock acquis...

The merger would create a ~$276B-asset bank w...

Management projects ~10% EPS accretion, mild ...

The OCC’s 56-day approval highlights faster b...

Heritage Financial Secures Approval for ~$176.6M All-Stock Olympic Bancorp Deal, Targeting 18% EPS Gain

Americas M&A Commercial Banking

Heritage Financial has secured all regulatory...

The $176.6 million all-stock deal uses a fixe...

The merger adds 17 branches and about $1.7B i...

Heritage also strengthens its low-cost deposi...

Huntington’s $7.4B Cadence Deal: $276B Bank, Southern Growth & Trade-Offs

Americas M&A Commercial Banking

Huntington Bancshares has received all requir...

Cadence shareholders will receive 2.475 Hunti...

The combined bank is expected to have about $...

Management expects roughly 10% EPS accretion ...

Deregulation Set to Unlock Billions: What U.S. Banks Gain from Capital & Leverage Reforms

Americas Policy Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

U.S. bank regulators are pursuing rapid dereg...

Changes including the eSLR overhaul, rollback...

Regulators are simultaneously accelerating AI...

Critics warn looser rules may raise systemic ...

U.S. Bancorp Shows Strength in Fee Income and Capital—but Faces Margin & Regulatory Stress

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

U.S. Bancorp posted strong Q3 2025 profitabil...

Fee income is driving diversification, with p...

Net interest income and margin are pressured ...

Regulatory easing (FDIC merger and compliance...

Surging Fed Repo Usage Removes Policy Caps — What It Means for Bank Liquidity & Risk

Americas Policy Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

The New York Fed’s Standing Repo Facility usa...

DCReport alleges the Fed has quietly funneled...

Officials frame the increased repo use as a r...

The pattern of uncapped facilities, rising us...

HoldCo’s Push in COLB: Governance, Growth & the Case for a Big Buyback

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

HoldCo Asset Management has built a large $14...

COLB’s post–Pacific Premier acquisition resul...

Despite these operational gains, COLB’s share...

HoldCo is taking a watchful activist stance—f...

OceanFirst-Flushing Deal: $23B Regional Bank Formed with Strong 2027 EPS Growth

Americas M&A Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

OceanFirst and Flushing will merge in an all-...

The combined bank is targeting 2027 metrics o...

The transaction relies on realizing cost syne...

Key risks center on regulatory and shareholde...

OceanFirst’s New York Expansion: Flushing Deal Aims High with Warburg Backing

Americas M&A Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

OceanFirst Financial is acquiring Flushing Fi...

Warburg Pincus will invest $225 million for a...

Management projects strong financial upside b...

Risks center on higher CRE concentration, Flu...

China Nears 2025 Growth Goal, Eyes Stimulus-Led Recovery in 2026: Key Risks & Opportunities

Asia Forecast Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

China is set to meet its 2025 ~5% GDP target,...

Beijing is front-loading more proactive 2026 ...

Chinese banks face sustained margin compressi...

Investors should tilt away from real estate–l...