Gary Lax and Jeff Cardone presented at Crowe’s 2019 Financial Services Conference on November 22, 2019 in New York City. The presentation titled “Hot Topics” focused on compensation and M&A trends and regulatory developments impacting financial institutions.
Read More...Jeff Cardone presented at M&T Bank’s and The Bonadio Group’s 2019 Financial Institutions Seminar on November 12 and November 13, 2019 in Syracuse and Albany, NY. The presentation titled “Next Steps – Different Alternatives to Raise Capital, Merge, Acquire or Be Acquired” discussed different capital alternatives for community banks, including the new Community Bank Leverage Ratio, and emerging trends with respect to community bank M&A transactions.
Read More...On October 29, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “Federal Agencies”) adopted a final rule to simplify the regulatory capital requirements for eligible community banks and holding companies that opt into the community bank leverage ratio framework (“CBLR framework”), as required by Section 201 of the Economic Growth, Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2018. The final rule will be effective as of January 1, 2020.
Read More...On October 29, 2019, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (“Northwest”), Warren, Pennsylvania, and MutualFirst Financial, Inc. (“MutualFirst”), Muncie, Indiana, the holding company of MutualBank, entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which MutualFirst will merge with and into Northwest, with Northwest as the resulting company.
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