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Brian Graham, Jonah Crane, and I attended Bank Director Magazine’s aptly named (and this year equally aptly timed) "Acquire or Be...

Mar 11, 20244 min read

BY KEVIN STEIN AND BRIAN GRAHAM Industry results for the fourth quarter of 2023 were weak on average; the largest banks outperformed and...

Jul 26, 20231 min read

BY KEVIN STEIN There’s a lot to like about the Banc of California/PacWest merger announced yesterday. The transaction creates a combined...

Jul 10, 20232 min read

BY KEVIN STEIN Over my thirty-five years in the banking sector, I’ve witnessed the number of FDIC-insured depositories decline from...

Mar 23, 20237 min read

By PATRICK HAGGERTY Following the announcement over the weekend that Swiss regulators had forced through an emergency acquisition by UBS...