Twenty years of historical survey data reveal a clear trend: the U.S. M&A market is only as strong as the underlying economic conditions. This axiom is once again evident in Dykema's 20th Annual M&A Outlook Survey, where more than 200 senior... Read Story

A new survey from Grant Thornton shows that professionals in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) space are predicting an increase in deal volume, even with the uncertainty of the looming U.S. presidential election.The survey, which polled 255 M&A... Read Story

Armada Credit Group Inc. announced it has acquired certain assets from Axis Equipment Finance Inc. (Axis), including but not limited to key personnel, customer relationships and the assumptions of Axis’s position with strategic business partners (the... Read Story

Element Fleet Management announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Autofleet, an innovator in fleet and mobility solutions. Autofleet has a robust and highly scalable fleet optimization technology platform alongside optimized... Read Story

Chesswood Group Limited announces it has sold all of its interests in Vault Credit Corporation and Vault Home Credit Corporation (collectively, Vault), representing the entirety of Chesswood's Canadian equipment leasing and consumer financing... Read Story

Ryder System, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pit Stop Fleet Service, enabling the expansion and further strengthening of Ryder’s Torque by Ryder retail mobile maintenance business offering, which will accelerate growth of... Read Story

Equity Bancshares, Inc., the Wichita-based holding company of Equity Bank, announced the completed acquisition of KansasLand Bancshares, Inc. (KansasLand), the parent company of KansasLand Bank. With this acquisition, Equity has added to its existing... Read Story

Following a unanimous vote from their boards, PeoplesBank and Cornerstone Bank have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their holding companies in a merger transaction. While the merger agreement between... Read Story

Stearns Financial Services Inc. (SFSI) announced the Federal Reserve has approved the acquisition of one of its affiliate locations, Stearns Bank Holdingford, by Canadian-based VersaBank.SFSI signed a definitive agreement in 2022 for $13.5 million... Read Story

DLL (De Lage Landen International B.V.) has signed a Share Purchase Agreement with Bankhaus Bauer AG to acquire elf Leasing GmbH, a German provider of leasing services based in Essen and Hannover. The transaction is expected to close end of 2024... Read Story

CBC Bancorp, the holding company for Commercial Bank of California (CBC), announced it has entered into a definitive acquisition agreement with Bay Community Bancorp, the holding company for Community Bank of the Bay (CBB). Under the terms of the... Read Story

Provident Financial Services announced its merger with Lakeland Bancorp was completed, creating the premier super community banking franchise in the region. The merger of Lakeland Bank with and into Provident Bank has also been completed. In... Read Story

Centra Funding, LLC, a nationwide independent equipment finance company that is a subsidiary of CV Holdings, Inc., announced it has acquired the LeaseQ Restaurant and Franchise Team, together with its associated LeaseQ equipment finance platform... Read Story

Fulton Financial Corporation announced its bank subsidiary, Fulton Bank, N.A., has acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed substantially all of the deposits of Republic First Bank, doing business as Republic Bank (Republic Bank), from... Read Story

MidFirst Bank, the largest privately owned bank in the nation, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Houston, TX banking locations of Amerant Bank, the main subsidiary of Amerant Bancorp Inc. Upon closing expected later this year... Read Story

I Squared Capital announced a transaction to combine the North American operations of two of its portfolio companies.The recently rebranded Transportation Equipment Network, "TEN" (f.k.a. Star Leasing), will acquire TIP Canada, the Canadian... Read Story

H&E Equipment Services, Inc. (H&E) announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Lewistown Rental, a Lewistown, MT-based equipment rental business and three of its affiliated rental operations in Havre, Glasgow and Great Falls, MT. Each... Read Story

Preparing its new strategic plan, which will be announced in June, Groupe BPCE has the objective to expand its footprint in Europe in specialized financing, particularly in the leasing business. In line with this target, Groupe BPCE announced the... Read Story

JA Mitsui Leasing, Ltd. (JAML) through its subsidiary, JA Mitsui Leasing USA Holdings, Inc., announced it has acquired a 100 percent interest in Oakmont Capital Holdings, LLC (DBA Oakmont Capital Services) (OCS), a specialty finance company that... Read Story

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation (Atlantic Union) announced it has completed its previously announced merger with American National Bankshares Inc. (American National), effective April 1. This transaction strengthens Atlantic Union’s presence in... Read Story

Miller Truck Leasing has acquired the assets and facility of fellow NationaLease member Advantage Truck Leasing, headquartered in Shrewsbury, MA. The acquisition is an excellent fit with Miller’s strategy to expand its services into selected markets... Read Story

Royal Bank of Canada announced it has completed the acquisition of HSBC Bank Canada (HSBC Canada)."Today marks one of the most exciting times of our 155-year history and a pivotal milestone in our long-term growth story as we welcome 4,500 employees... Read Story

Vivakor, Inc. announced as of March 21, it signed a definitive Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (MIPA) to acquire Endeavor Crude, LLC, Meridian Equipment Leasing, LLC, including its subsidiary CPE MidCon, LLC, Equipment Transport, LLC, and... Read Story

Gordon Brothers completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Catch Co., a portfolio of fishing brands that has generated nearly $300 million in revenue since its inception in 2012 with the launch of Mystery Tackle Box. The acquisition... Read Story

United Rentals, Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Yak Access, LLC, Yak Mat, LLC and New South Access & Environmental Solutions, LLC (collectively Yak) from Platinum Equity (Platinum) for approximately $1.1 billion... Read Story

Tuckahoe Holdings announced the acquisition of Gateway Dealer Network (GDN), a provider of industrial equipment, from Brightstar Capital Partners, a middle market private equity firm. GDN CEO John Hopper and the senior management team are expected to... Read Story

Citizens’ 2024 M&A Outlook revealed optimism around the environment for dealmaking activity this year, underpinned by solid expectations for the U.S. economy and a pop in enthusiasm, especially among buyers. The annual survey of 400 leaders at U.S.... Read Story

H&E Equipment Services, Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of the business of Precision Rentals. The acquisition improves H&E’s branch density in the Phoenix and Denver metropolitan areas and adds a young and attractive mix of equipment... Read Story

Fourshore Partners (Fourshore) announced its acquisition of Power Funding, a factoring company focused on the oil & gas and transportation industries. Power Funding provides working capital to the oil & gas and trucking industries through the... Read Story

TFI International Inc., a North American leader in the transportation and logistics industry, announced it has agreed to acquire Daseke, Inc., one of the leading flatbed and specialized transportation and logistics companies in North America, for... Read Story

Baltimore Potomac Truck Centers announced the acquisition of TMI Truck & Equipment, which consists of two dealerships in Chesapeake and Norfolk, VA.Baltimore Potomac Truck Centers now operates seven full-service commercial truck dealership locations... Read Story

Royal Bank of Canada welcomed the federal Minister of Finance's approval to proceed with the acquisition of HSBC Bank Canada."I want to thank the Department of Finance, OSFI and the Competition Bureau for their diligent work in reviewing this... Read Story

Provident Financial Services, Inc., the parent company of Provident Bank, and Lakeland Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of Lakeland Bank, announced the two companies have agreed to extend their merger agreement to March 31, 2024, to provide... Read Story

KKR announced that funds and accounts managed by its credit business have led the purchase of a $7.2 billion portfolio of super-prime recreational vehicle (RV) loans from BMO Bank, part of BMO Financial Group (“BMO”). Concurrently with the sale, BMO... Read Story

Velocity Truck Centers (VTC) announced the company has acquired P & R Truck Centre (P & R), with six locations on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.The addition of P & R with its current locations will give VTC 18 locations across Western... Read Story

Penske Automotive Group, Inc., one of the world's premier automotive and commercial truck retailers, announced it has agreed to acquire Rybrook Group Limited consisting of 15 premium dealerships in the United Kingdom, including four BMW dealerships... Read Story

H&E Equipment Services, Inc. announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the business of Precision Rentals. Based in Phoenix, AZ, the company operates a branch in Phoenix and a second location in Aurora, CO. Precision offers a mix of... Read Story

Banc of California, Inc. announced the completion of its transformational merger with PacWest Bancorp, pursuant to which PacWest has merged into Banc of California, and Banc of California, N.A. will have merged into Pacific Western Bank (the... Read Story

First Busey Corporation, the holding company for Busey Bank, and Merchants and Manufacturers Bank Corporation (M&M), the holding company for Merchants & Manufacturers Bank (M&M Bank), jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant... Read Story

Banc of California, Inc. and PacWest Bancorp jointly announced that, at their respective special meetings of stockholders, they each received the necessary stockholder approval for the proposed combination of Banc of California and PacWest. The final... Read Story

Apollo and Composite Advanced Technologies, LLC (CATEC), a provider of compressed natural gas (CNG), renewable natural gas (RNG) and hydrogen transportation and storage solutions in the U.S., announced that CATEC, an affiliate of Apollo-managed funds... Read Story

First Financial Corporation and SimplyBank jointly announced the execution of a definitive agreement under which First Financial will acquire SimplyBank. First Financial will pay $718.38 per share in cash for each share of SimplyBank’s common stock... Read Story

CSI Leasing Japan K.K. (CSI Japan), a wholly owned subsidiary of CSI Leasing, Inc. (CSI), announced it acquired a 20 percent share of TRY Corporation (TRY), an industry-leading IT asset disposition (ITAD) company that handles the refurbishment of... Read Story

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (collectively, SMBC Group) and ITE Management L.P. (ITE), an investment firm specializing in industrial transportation assets and infrastructure, announced that an affiliate of ITE has agreed to acquire SMBC Rail... Read Story

Bay Crane announced that Locke Crane Services has joined the Bay Crane family of companies. With this acquisition, Bay Crane has expanded its footprint of locations in New England so it can better provide customers with the broadest and most... Read Story

H&E Equipment Services, Inc. announced the acquisition of the equipment rental assets of Giffin Equipment, a California-based provider of non-residential construction and industrial equipment. The acquisition includes three branch locations and a... Read Story

Old National Bancorp and CapStar Financial Holdings, Inc. jointly announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for Old National to acquire CapStar in an all-stock transaction. Combining the two organizations will strengthen Old... Read Story

CSI Leasing Malaysia, Sdn. Bhd. (CSI Malaysia), a wholly owned subsidiary of CSI Leasing, Inc. (CSI), announced the acquisition of ExportXcel, Sdn. Bhd., an established company in Malaysia dealing in used and refurbished IT equipment, and providing... Read Story

Ryder System, Inc., a provider of supply chain, dedicated transportation and fleet management solutions, announced it entered into a definitive agreement in the third quarter to acquire all of the outstanding equity of IFS Holdings, LLC, also known... Read Story

Banc of California, Inc. and PacWest Bancorp announced the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System granted its approval of the previously announced combination of Banc of California and PacWest and their respective bank subsidiaries, Banc of... Read Story

First Citizens Bank announced its Middle Market Banking business served as lead arranger on acquisition financing for Nashville-based Encore Luxury Coaches, a leading provider of luxury entertainment travel.The financing supports Encore's strategic... Read Story

Cambridge Bancorp, the parent company of Cambridge Trust Company, and Eastern Bankshares, Inc., the stock holding company for Eastern Bank, announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Cambridge will merge with and... Read Story

Breakout Capital, a leading fintech company simplifying access to term loans for small businesses, announced the successful merger of 12Five Capital, a Chicago-based commercial finance company with a focus on factoring, purchase order financing and... Read Story

Stearns Bank N.A., a financial institution in Minnesota, has acquired a majority stake in Contract Capital Corporation (CCC). CCC provides specialized financing services to Managed Service Providers (MSPs). In addition to Stearns Bank acquiring a... Read Story

PB Financial Corporation, the holding company for Providence Bank, and Coastal Bank & Trust jointly announce the signing of a definitive strategic merger agreement. In the 75 percent stock and 25 percent cash transaction, Coastal will merge into... Read Story

A new Grant Thornton survey of merger and acquisition (M&A) professionals found that after a lengthy period of respite, M&A activity is expected to rebound in the second half of this year. The survey, which polled 150 U.S.-based M&A professionals... Read Story

Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. and Summit Financial Group, Inc. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Summit will merge with and into Burke & Herbert in an all-stock merger of equals valued at approximately... Read Story

Gordon Brothers has acquired the global consumer electronics brand Telefunken.Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Telefunken has become one of the leading names in the electronics sector with a diverse portfolio of products ranging from video, e-mobility... Read Story

Glacier Bancorp, Inc. announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Community Financial Group, Inc. (CFGW), the bank holding company for Wheatland Bank, an Eastern Washington community bank headquartered in Spokane. The acquisition marks... Read Story

Atlantic & Southern Equipment LLC (ASE) has finalized the acquisition of Pinnacle Cranes in Midland, NC. Pinnacle Cranes has been a consistent Top 5 Link-Belt Dealer, providing excellent customer service since their founding in 2001. Both the Sales... Read Story

Acquired by RCap Equity Partners (RCap), Quiktrak, Inc. has left the Bureau Veritas Group and merged with the Douglas-Guardian Services Corporation (DG).“We’re entering an exciting new chapter in our company history. I am very excited to be combining... Read Story

Banc of California and PacWest Bancorp announced the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant to which the companies will combine in an all-stock merger transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, which was unanimously approved by the boards of... Read Story

North Mill Equipment Finance LLC (NMEF), an independent commercial equipment lender located in Norwalk, CT, announced a letter was sent to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of IOU Financial Inc. (IOU). NMEF’s proposed acquisition is at... Read Story

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation (Atlantic Union) and American National Bankshares Inc. (American National) jointly announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for Atlantic Union to acquire American National in an all-stock... Read Story

Penske Truck Leasing announced it completed the acquisitions of Star Truck Rentals, Inc., a transportation services company offering full-service leasing, commercial truck rental, contract maintenance, used truck sales and additional services; and... Read Story

Shore Bancshares, Inc., the financial holding company of Shore United Bank, N.A. (Shore United), and The Community Financial Corporation (TCFC), the bank holding company of Community Bank of the Chesapeake (CBC), announced the closing of their... Read Story

St. Louis, MO-based Commercial Industrial Finance, Inc. (CIF) became Republic Bank Finance effective July 1, coinciding with the final merger of the two companies. CIF was acquired by Republic Bank & Trust Company and its parent company Republic... Read Story

United Community Banks, Inc. completed its merger with First Miami Bancorp, Inc. effective July 1. In this transaction, First Miami’s bank subsidiary, the First National Bank of South Miami (FNBSM), was also merged into United’s bank subsidiary... Read Story

Byline Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of Byline Bank, announced it has completed its merger with Inland Bancorp, Inc.and its wholly owned bank subsidiary, Inland Bank and Trust. As a result of the transaction, effective July 1, Inland Bank and... Read Story

Chadwick BaRoss Ontario Ltd. (CBRO) announced it has acquired Toronto-area based Amaco Construction Equipment.The deal will see Amaco continuing at its operational site, and will see Amaco General Manager Jeff MacDonald and his experienced staff of... Read Story

LINKBANCORP, Inc., parent company of LINKBANK, and Partners Bancorp, a financial services company with two wholly owned operating subsidiaries, The Bank of Delmarva and Virginia Partners Bank, announced that at special meetings of their respective... Read Story

Simplex Equipment Rental Inc., a family-owned Quebec company specializing in tool and equipment rentals for all types of construction projects, as well as for the industrial, manufacturing, government, events, and film sectors, announced the... Read Story

UBS has completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse, crossing an important milestone. Credit Suisse Group AG has been merged into UBS Group AG and the combined entity will operate as a consolidated banking group.It marks the last trading day of Credit... Read Story

Rental Equipment Investment Corp. (REIC), a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, LLC (Kinderhook), announced the acquisition of Aim High Equipment Rental, Inc. (Aim High or the Company). Headquartered in Brighton, CO, Aim High is a general... Read Story

Utility Sales & Service, Inc. (USSI) announced the acquisition of aerial equipment rental specialist Power Equipment Leasing Company of Romeoville, IL. This gives Appleton, WI-based USSI a provider of aerial vehicles and specialty trucks, a... Read Story

Servus Credit Union Ltd. announced the successful acquisition of Stride Capital Corp., a Calgary-based equipment financing and leasing provider. This move represents Servus's next step in reimagining its credit union business in response to the... Read Story

Commercial Finance Partners (CFP) announced it has facilitated the closing of $5,235,000 Conventional Term Loan and $4,000,000 Revolving AR Line of Credit to support the acquisition of a Metal Stamping and Plating Company located in Texas. Engaged by... Read Story

United Community Banks, Inc. (UCBI) announced receipt of regulatory approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to complete the previously announced acquisition of First Miami Bancorp, Inc. (FMIA) and its wholly owned subsidiary, First... Read Story

LeaseAccelerator announced it has completed the acquisition of the LeaseController software-as-a-service (SaaS) product and related business operations from Deloitte."LeaseController is an excellent fit with LeaseAccelerator's existing solution... Read Story

Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. announced its acquisition of Brunswick Bancorp was completed. In connection with the holding company merger, Brunswick’s banking subsidiary, Brunswick Bank &Trust Company, has been merged with and into Mid Penn’s subsidiary... Read Story

LCNB Corp., the holding company for LCNB National Bank, and Cincinnati Bancorp, Inc. (CNNB) the holding company for Cincinnati Federal, announced they have signed a definitive merger agreement whereby LCNB will acquire CNNB in a stock-and-cash... Read Story

Washington Federal, Inc., the parent company of Washington Federal Bank (WaFd Bank), and Luther Burbank Corporation (Luther Burbank), the parent company of Luther Burbank Savings, jointly announced that, at special meetings of their respective... Read Story

TD Bank Group and First Horizon Corporation announced they have entered into a mutual agreement to terminate their previously announced merger agreement, originally announced on Feb. 28, 2022. TD informed First Horizon that TD does not have a... Read Story

Bancorp 34, Inc. (BCTF), the holding company of Bank 34, and CBOA Financial, Inc., the holding company of Commerce Bank of Arizona (Commerce), jointly announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement to combine and form the second largest bank... Read Story

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc., the parent company of Prosperity Bank, announced it has received all regulatory approvals necessary to complete its previously announced acquisition of First Bancshares of Texas, Inc., the parent company of FirstCapital... Read Story

Triton International Limited and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P., through its subsidiary Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation (BIPC) and its institutional partners, jointly announce a definitive agreement for Triton to be acquired in a cash... Read Story

Associated and Stoffel Equipment Company have merged. The combined company will operate under the Associated name. With this merger, Associated expands its presence in the Midwest to include Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.Tim Combs... Read Story

Mitsubishi HC Capital America – and its subsidiary, Mitsubishi HC Capital Canada – along with Mitsubishi HC Capital (U.S.A.) and ENGS Commercial Finance has merged to create the largest non-bank, non-captive finance provider throughout North America... Read Story

Penske Truck Leasing announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Kris-Way Truck Leasing, Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed.Founded in 1978, Kris-Way is a transportation services company offering full-service leasing, commercial truck... Read Story

Linedata, a global provider of credit and asset management technology, data and services, announced the expansion of its lending and leasing activities in Southern Europe with the acquisition of Audaxys in Portugal. Through this project, Linedata... Read Story

Libra Group, a privately owned international business group whose subsidiaries own and operate assets in nearly 60 countries, announced Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd. (SMFL) has agreed to acquire a 35 percent stake in its aviation... Read Story

First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (First Citizens Bank), a subsidiary of Raleigh, NC-headquartered First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (First Citizens) announced it has entered into an agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to... Read Story

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated announced it has completed its acquisition of IAA, Inc. As previously announced on Jan. 23, under the terms of the amended merger agreement, IAA shareholders will receive $12.80 per share in cash and 0.5252... Read Story

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. announced its bank subsidiary, Flagstar Bank, N.A. (the "Bank") has acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of Signature Bridge Bank ("Signature") from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the... Read Story

Republic Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of Republic Bank & Trust Company, announced the Bank has completed its previously announced merger with CBank and CBank’s wholly owned subsidiary, Commercial Industrial Finance, Inc. (CIF), for approximately... Read Story

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated announced that, based on the preliminary vote count provided by its proxy solicitors following the company's Special Meeting of Shareholders (the Special Meeting), Ritchie Bros. shareholders voted to approve the... Read Story

Trinity Industries, Inc. announced the acquisition of RSI Logistics (RSI) for a purchase price of $70 million. RSI Logistics is a data-centric provider of proprietary software, logistics services and terminal management solutions to the North... Read Story

The Bay Crane Companies, Inc. (Bay Crane) announced that Cranes, Inc. (Cranes) has joined the Bay Crane family of companies, which include Bay Crane, Capital City Group and Gatwood Crane. With this acquisition, Bay Crane has solidified its position... Read Story

Columbia Banking System, Inc., the parent company of Columbia Bank, and Umpqua Holdings Corporation, the parent company of Umpqua Bank, announced the closing of their previously announced merger, combining two premier banks in the Northwest to create... Read Story

Flexjet, a provider in subscription-based private aviation, announced it has acquired Constant Aviation, a provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services.Flexjet offers fractional jet ownership and leasing. Flexjet’s helicopter... Read Story

United Community Banks, Inc. and First Miami Bancorp, Inc. (First Miami) announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which United will acquire First Miami, and its wholly owned subsidiary, First National Bank of South Miami... Read Story

Texada Software, creators of leading SaaS rental and mobile applications for the equipment industry, announced a merger with Uptake Canada, Inc., the equipment dealer software subsidiary of Uptake Technologies, which acquired what was formerly Canam... Read Story

TD Bank Group and First Horizon Corporation have mutually agreed to extend the outside date of their proposed transaction from Feb. 27 to May 27, 2023, in accordance with the terms of the merger agreement.TD and First Horizon are fully committed to... Read Story

Cooper Equipment Rentals Limited, a Canadian-owned and operated construction equipment rental company, announced the completed transaction to purchase 100 percent of the shares of Toronto-based Hub Equipment.Established in 1946 in Moncton, New... Read Story

Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc., parent company of Southern Bank, in Poplar Bluff, MO, announced  its merger with Citizens Bancshares Co., Kansas City, MO, was completed. Citizens was the parent company of Citizens Bank & Trust Company, which has... Read Story

BMO Financial Group, and its subsidiaries BMO Financial Corp. and BMO Harris Bank (together, "BMO"), received all regulatory approvals required to complete its acquisition of Bank of the West from BNP Paribas. BMO anticipates the acquisition will... Read Story

RELAM, a lessor of railroad maintenance-of-way (MOW) equipment, announced the acquisition of Wiskerchen Truck & Equipment, LLC and Wiskerchen Rental & Leasing, LLC, (Wiskerchen), a privately owned company based out of Spencer, WI that specializes in... Read Story

Citizens’ 2023 M&A Outlook revealed both upbeat expectations for company performance and high desire for growth in a low-growth world in the coming year. The annual survey of 400 leaders at U.S. middle-market companies and private equity firms also... Read Story

Ritchie Bros. announced it has acquired a controlling stake in VeriTread, a transportation technology and services company. This acquisition will accelerate Ritchie Bros.' marketplace strategy, which brings services, insights and transaction... Read Story

Columbia Banking System, the parent company of Columbia Bank, and Umpqua Holdings Corporation, the parent company of Umpqua Bank, jointly announced the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has approved the previously announced combination of... Read Story

Renasant Corporation announced that effective Dec. 30, 2022, its wholly owned subsidiary, Renasant Bank, has acquired Republic Business Credit (formally known as Continental Republic Capital, LLC) (RBC) in an all cash transaction. RBC is a... Read Story

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. announced it acquired a 100 percent interest in GBX Leasing (GBXL), its railcar leasing joint venture with The Longwood Group. This furthers Greenbrier’s strategy to grow its lease fleet and expand its services offering... Read Story

Brookline Bancorp, Inc. announced it has received the requisite regulatory approvals from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, New York State Department of Financial Services and Massachusetts Board of Bank Incorporation necessary to... Read Story

Seattle-based First Sound Bank announced it has reached a mutual agreement with BM Technologies, Inc. (BMTX) to terminate its previously announced merger agreement. The Bank will continue to do business as a locally owned, independent community bank... Read Story

SMBC Aviation Capital, an aircraft leasing company, announced the completion of the acquisition of Goshawk Management Ltd and associated corporate assets, the Dublin-based global aircraft lessor.The acquisition creates the second-largest global... Read Story

Accord Financial Corp. announced the closing of a $13 million credit facility to support the acquisition of an equipment services company. Accord’s Asset Based Lending Group structured the facility to include a traditional revolving credit package... Read Story

Titan Machinery Inc., a network of full-service agricultural and construction equipment stores, announced it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the Idaho dealership assets of Pioneer Farm Equipment Co. The acquisition... Read Story

Shore Bancshares, Inc. (Shore), the holding company of Shore United Bank, N.A. and The Community Financial Corporation (TCFC), the holding company of Community Bank of the Chesapeake, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under... Read Story

First Bank and Malvern Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of Malvern Bank, National Association, announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which First Bank will acquire Malvern Bancorp, Inc. and Malvern Bank in a... Read Story

Summit Financial Group and PSB Holding Corp. announce the signing of a definitive merger agreement between Summit and PSB.Subject to the terms of the merger agreement, PSB shareholders will receive 1.2347 shares of Summit common stock for each... Read Story

F.N.B. Corporation successfully completed its acquisition of Greenville, North Carolina-based UB Bancorp, including its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Union Bank (Union).As a result of the acquisition of Union, FNB has nearly $44 billion in total... Read Story

Texas First Rentals, a division of HOLT, announced it has acquired Rental One, a full-service equipment and storage container rental company offering a complete line of construction equipment and supplies in 15 locations throughout the Dallas-Fort... Read Story

H&E Equipment Services Inc. announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell its Komatsu earthmoving distribution business to Houston, TX-based Waukesha-Pearce Industries, LLC (WPI). The transaction includes rights to the distribution of... Read Story

Griffin Dewatering, a portfolio company of Crossplane Capital, a Dallas, TX-based private equity firm, has acquired the Pump & Integrity Rental segment of Cross Country Infrastructure Services.Originally founded in 1978, Pump & Integrity is a... Read Story

First Financial Equipment Leasing (FFEL), a provider of equipment financing solutions and a member company of JA Mitsui Leasing Ltd (JAML), announced a strategic expansion into Canada with the acquisition of NorFund Capital. Based in Toronto, Canada... Read Story

United Rentals, Inc. announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the assets of Ahern Rentals, Inc. for approximately $2.0 billion in cash. The transaction and related expenses were funded through a combination of newly issued... Read Story

Newtek Business Services Corp. received conditional approval from Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to complete its acquisition of the National Bank of New York City. Newtek announced last week that it received approval from the Federal... Read Story

U.S. Bancorp announced it has completed the acquisition of MUFG Union Bank’s core regional banking franchise from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. The transaction combines two premier organizations to serve customers and communities across... Read Story

BMO announced a Community Benefits Plan (CBP) that outlines a more than $40 billion commitment to local communities in the United States, with over $16 billion of the plan commitment targeted for the State of California. This plan outlines... Read Story

HSBC Holdings plc announced its wholly owned subsidiary, HSBC Overseas Holdings (UK) Limited, has entered into an agreement to sell its banking business in Canada (HSBC Canada) to Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), subject to regulatory and governmental... Read Story

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation announced it has received all regulatory approvals required to complete the previously announced merger of Centric Financial Corporation with and into First Commonwealth and the merger of Centric Bank with and... Read Story

Arizona-based Empire Southwest, the Cat dealer serving the service territory of Arizona and Southeastern California, has agreed to acquire Nevada-based Cashman Equipment, the Cat dealer serving the service territory of Nevada and parts of Eastern... Read Story

Washington Federal, Inc. and Luther Burbank Corporation jointly announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Washington Federal will acquire Luther Burbank and its wholly owned subsidiary, Luther Burbank Savings, in an all... Read Story

United Rentals, Inc. announced the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of family-owned Ahern Rentals, Inc. for approximately $2.0 billion in cash. The board of directors of United Rentals unanimously approved the... Read Story

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. and Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. announced that NYCB has received regulatory approval from the Federal Reserve Board (the FRB) to complete its previously announced acquisition of Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. On Oct. 28, NYCB and... Read Story

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated and IAA, Inc. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Ritchie Bros. will acquire IAA in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $7.3 billion including the assumption of... Read Story

Aligning with a long-term strategic plan to refocus on the company’s retirement business and Nuveen, its asset manager, TIAA has entered into a definitive agreement to sell TIAA Bank to new investors with extensive experience in financial services.... Read Story

Ryder System, Inc. announced it has acquired Dotcom Distribution, a provider of omnichannel fulfillment and distribution services for high-growth retail and e-commerce brands specializing in health, beauty and cosmetics, and fashion and apparel.With... Read Story

According to a statement released by Assurant, Assurant has acquired American Lease Insurance (ALI), a third-party administrator focused on providing insurance solutions for commercial equipment and vehicle leasing companies. The acquisition of ALI... Read Story

A new Grant Thornton survey of merger and acquisition (M&A) professionals finds that almost three-fourths (72 percent) expect deal volume to increase over the next six months, despite rising interest rates threatening access to capital and... Read Story

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. and Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. announced the receipt of approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the OCC) to convert Flagstar Bank, FSB to a national bank to be known as Flagstar Bank, N.A., and to... Read Story

Republic Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of Republic Bank & Trust Company, and Cincinnati-based CBank announced the signing of an Agreement and Plan of Merger under which Republic will acquire CBank and its wholly owned subsidiary, Commercial... Read Story

Alta Equipment Group Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ecoverse Industries, LTD, a full line distributor of industry-leading environmental processing equipment headquartered in Avon, OH, with 15 sub dealers... Read Story

Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc. Representative Director, President & CEO Takahiro Yanai announced the Executive Committee has resolved that the Company will merge its subsidiary CAI International, Inc. (CAI) and its sub-subsidiary Beacon Intermodal... Read Story

U.S. Bancorp announced it has received all required U.S. regulatory approvals to complete the previously announced acquisition of MUFG Union Bank’s core regional banking franchise from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, including approvals from the... Read Story

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc., the parent company of Prosperity Bank, and Lone Star State Bancshares, Inc., the parent company of Lone Star State Bank of West Texas, headquartered in Lubbock, TX, jointly announced the signing of a definitive merger... Read Story

Hunter Street, a Minneapolis, MN-based alternative investment management firm, announced it has sold its All-Star Rents platform focused on the sale, rental and servicing of light equipment to HercRentals.The initial acquisition in September 2020 of... Read Story

ECN Capital Corp. announced it has closed its previously announced sale to funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC of all of the issued and outstanding equity interests in ECN Kessler Holdco LLC, a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of the Company... Read Story

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, the holding company for Seacoast National Bank, announced the completion of its acquisitions of Apollo Bancshares, Inc. (Apollo), parent company of Apollo Bank and of Drummond Banking Company (Drummond)... Read Story

H&E Equipment Services Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of One Source Equipment Rentals Inc. With the closing of the transaction, H&E adds 10 equipment rental locations to its branch network, including initial locations in Illinois... Read Story

Sandusky, OH-based Civista Bancshares, Inc. announced the signing of a definitive stock purchase agreement pursuant to which Civista will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Pittsburgh-based Vision Financial Group, Inc. (VFG), a... Read Story

Taichung Commercial Bank Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan (TCB), announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with American Continental Bancorp, the bank holding company of American Continental Bank (collectively referred to herein as the... Read Story

Provident Financial Services, the parent company of Provident Bank, and Lakeland Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of Lakeland Bank, announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which the companies will combine in... Read Story

CSI LifeCycle Leasing GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of CSI Leasing, Inc., recently announced the acquisition of tradefinity GmbH, a German IT asset disposal (ITAD) company with more than 15 years of experience in IT services, refurbishing and... Read Story

H&E Equipment Services, Inc. announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire One Source Equipment Rental, Inc., a provider of non-residential construction and industrial equipment with operations in the Midwest and Southern U.S. One Source... Read Story

U.S. Bancorp and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) have mutually agreed to exercise their right under the purchase agreement for U.S. Bank’s acquisition of MUFG Union Bank’s core regional banking franchise to extend the outside termination date... Read Story

Allegiance Bancshares, Inc., the holding company of Allegiance Bank, and CBTX, Inc., the holding company of CommunityBank of Texas, N.A., jointly announced receipt of regulatory approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to... Read Story

TimePayment, a Boston-based fintech company owned by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group, announced the acquisition of QuickSpark Financial, an e-commerce focused financing company that helps equipment vendors and end-users in over 50 industries... Read Story

Texada Software, a software platform for the equipment dealer and rental industry, announced it has acquired LogiMove CheckMobile Global. LogiMove is known for its next-generation mobile no-code/low-code applications for operations and field services... Read Story

Ryder System, Inc., a provider of supply chain, dedicated transportation and fleet management solutions, announced it has acquired Baton, a San Francisco-based startup known for the development of a proprietary logistics technology focused on... Read Story

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation and Centric Financial Corporation jointly announced the signing of a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger providing for the merger of Centric with and into First Commonwealth in an all-stock transaction... Read Story

Herc Holdings Inc., a leading North American equipment rental supplier operating through Herc Rentals Inc., announced it has acquired substantially all the assets of Reliable Equipment, LLC, a New Hampshire-based equipment rental business with branch... Read Story

Miller Truck Leasing Company has acquired the assets and facilities of fellow NationaLease member Leroy Holding, headquartered in Albany, NY. The acquisition is an excellent fit with Miller’s strategy to expand its services into selected markets... Read Story

ECN Capital Corp. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC, a private equity firm focused on investing in financial services, to sell all of the issued and outstanding equity interests in ECN... Read Story

Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company acquired the assets of KLC Financial, Inc and KLC Capital Partners, LLC (together KLC) and is continuing KLC’s success as KLC Financial, LLC, a subsidiary of Gulf Coast. Founded in 1987 and located in Minnetonka, MN... Read Story

MVB Financial Corp., the holding company for MVB Bank, Inc., announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which MVB will acquire Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc. in an all-stock transaction. The strategic combination is... Read Story

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, the holding company for Seacoast National Bank, and Professional Holding Corp., parent company of Professional Bank, announced they have signed a definitive agreement under which Seacoast will acquire... Read Story

Terex Materials Processing (MP), a global firm in aggregate, environmental, concrete, lifting and handling machinery, announced the acquisition of the Canadian company ProAll, a specialist producer of mobile volumetric concrete mixers. ProAll’s... Read Story

Texas First Rentals, a division of HOLT, announced it has acquired Class A Equipment Rentals, a construction equipment rental company, located in Fredericksburg, TX.Texas First Rentals is a construction equipment rental company, offering rental... Read Story

Velocity Truck Centers (VTC) announced the company has further expanded into the Mid-South with the acquisition of Kentucky Freightliner Trucks, Inc. The acquisition brings the important Lexington, KY, market into the VTC network.VTC has 65 locations... Read Story

ABLE Equipment Rental, Inc. of NY (ABLE), one of the largest independent rental companies in the United States, announced it has acquired the equipment rental assets, and service operations, of Extreme Rentals USA, LLC located in Manassas, VA. The... Read Story

The First Bancshares, Inc., holding company for The First Bank (The First), announced it has received all required regulatory approvals for the consummation of its proposed acquisition of Beach Bancorp, Inc. (BBI), parent company of Beach Bank based... Read Story

Alerus Financial Corporation announced it has completed the previously announced acquisition of MPB BHC, Inc., the bank holding company for Metro Phoenix Bank. Founded in 2007, Metro Phoenix Bank is the largest full-service community bank... Read Story

Alta Equipment Group Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Yale Industrial Trucks, Inc. (YIT), a privately held Yale lift truck dealer with five locations in southeastern Canada. The company provides sales, service, and... Read Story

Connecticut-based Ion Financial, MHC, parent company of Ion Bank, announced the successful closing of its previously announced merger with New Jersey-based Lincoln Park Bancorp, MHC, the mutual holding company of Lincoln Park Bancorp, the parent... Read Story

Fulton Financial Corporation announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Prudential Bancorp, Inc. headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, in a transaction in which Prudential Bancorp was merged into Fulton.“We are excited to have completed... Read Story

Harlingen-based Texas State Bankshares, Inc. and Denton-based Access Bancorp, Inc. announced they have completed the merger of Access Bancorp, Inc. with Texas State Bankshares, Inc. and AccessBank Texas with Texas Regional Bank. As a result of the... Read Story

Origin Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Origin Bank, Choudrant, LA, and BT Holdings, Inc. (BTH), the holding company for BTH Bank, N.A., Quitman, TX, announced that the previously announced merger between BTH and Origin, pursuant to the... Read Story

First Independent Bank, Russell, MN, and Citizens State Bank of Tyler, Inc., announced the signing of an agreement to merge. The Citizens State Bank was founded and chartered on May 28, 1917, by Hans Lauritsen. He was bank president, and his son, C.A... Read Story

Wingspire Capital Holdings LLC announced an agreement to acquire Liberty Commercial Finance LLC. Wingspire Capital is a portfolio company of Owl Rock Capital Corporation, a publicly traded business development company that is externally managed by an... Read Story

ABLE Equipment Rental, Inc. of NY (ABLE), a supplier of construction equipment rentals, sales, service and parts, announced it has purchased the equipment rental assets, and service operations of Elite Construction Rentals, LLC (ECR), located in... Read Story

Blackford Capital, a lower middle market private equity firm, announced the successful exit from its investment in Grand Equipment Company, (GEC) through a sale to Cognitive Capital Partners, LLC, a Chicago-based investment firm.Grand Equipment is a... Read Story

Elix Aviation, the international regional aircraft leasing company, is to merge with ADARE Aviation Capital. Elix is owned by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., which initiated the merger to enable further investment in the regional... Read Story

BankFirst Capital Corporation, parent of BankFirst Financial Services (the Bank), announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement with Tate Financial Corporation, the parent company of Sycamore Bank, Senatobia, Mississippi (Sycamore Bank)... Read Story

First Bancorp, the parent company of First Bank, and GrandSouth Bancorporation, the parent company of GrandSouth Bank, announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement under which First Bancorp will acquire GrandSouth in an all-stock... Read Story

LeasePlan Corporation announced that Wheels Donlen’s parent company, in which Athene is the lead investor, has signed a Stock Purchase Agreement with LeasePlan Corporation to acquire LeasePlan USA, and subsequently combine the business with Wheels... Read Story

Fulton Financial Corporation and Prudential Bancorp, Inc. announced Prudential Bancorp shareholders have voted to approve Fulton’s acquisition of Prudential Bancorp and its subsidiary, Prudential Bank, located in Philadelphia, PA, with more than 98... Read Story

Eastern Funding, a financial lender to laundromats and other businesses, announced it has successfully merged operations with Macrolease Corporation. Macrolease is a specialized equipment finance and leasing company serving the fitness, wellness and... Read Story

VersaBank, a leader in digital banking and cyber security solutions, announced that, through its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, VersaHoldings US Corp., it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Minnesota-based Stearns Bank Holdingford, N.A.... Read Story

CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. and Central Bancorp, Inc. announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which CrossFirst’s bank subsidiary, CrossFirst Bank, will acquire Central’s bank subsidiary, Farmers & Stockmens Bank (F&S... Read Story

American Bank and TexStar National Bank jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement and plan of merger pursuant to which American Bank will acquire TexStar. In accordance with the merger agreement, TexStar will merge with and into... Read Story

Nexseer Capital announced that the management team of W. Scott McCullum (President), Jonathan Albin (Chief Operating Officer) and Robert Davis (Executive Vice President) have acquired majority ownership of the company. The senior management team... Read Story

Raymond James Financial announced it has completed the previously announced acquisition of TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. The cash and stock transaction was valued at approximately $1.1 billion.“The strategic and cultural fit between Raymond James... Read Story

F.N.B. Corporation and UB Bancorp announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement for FNB to acquire UB Bancorp, including its wholly owned banking subsidiary, Union Bank, in an all-stock transaction valued at $19.56 per share, or a fully... Read Story

First Horizon Corporation announced it has received shareholder approval for The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) to acquire First Horizon. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of TD's 2023 fiscal year subject to U.S. and Canadian... Read Story

Trinity Industries, Inc. announced the acquisition of Quasar Platform Inc. from Cando Rail & Terminals Ltd. Quasar is an end-to-end rail logistics software platform providing a real-time data universe to freight rail shippers and operators. The... Read Story

Brookline Bancorp, Inc. and PCSB Financial Corporation announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby Brookline will acquire PCSB and its wholly owned subsidiary, PCSB Bank for approximately $313 million in cash and stock.... Read Story

Fulton Financial Corporation announced that both the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities have approved the respective applications by Fulton to acquire Prudential Bancorp, Inc. and... Read Story

Ryder System, Inc., a provider of supply chain, dedicated transportation and fleet management solutions, confirmed it has received an unsolicited indication of interest from HG Vora Capital Management, LLC to acquire all of the outstanding shares of... Read Story

Benetrends, the International Franchise Association’s preferred vendor for ROBS business funding and a leader in franchise and small business funding for over 40 years, has acquired DCV Franchise Group. DCV is a source for the placement of SBA... Read Story

TimePayment, a fintech company and market leader in sales financing for specialty equipment sellers, has announced the acquisition of Wheaten Financial Inc., an innovative and rapidly growing equipment finance company primarily focused on commercial... Read Story

U.S. Bancorp announced a five-year community benefits plan (CBP), developed in coordination with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) and the California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC), as part of the planned acquisition of MUFG Union... Read Story

AMECO, a provider of construction and maintenance Site Services planning and delivery, announced it has acquired F&M MAFCO, an international supplier of tools and equipment rental, sales and service programs. The synergies between both companies will... Read Story

Providence Bank & Trust, along with The Leaders Bank, announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition. The Leaders Bank merged into Providence Bank & Trust.“We are very pleased that our merger is now official, and we are happy to... Read Story

United Community Banks, Inc. and Progress Financial Corporation announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which United will acquire Progress, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Progress Bank & Trust, in an all-stock... Read Story

eCapital Corp., a finance provider for businesses across North America and the UK, announced the acquisition of CNH Finance, a Connecticut-based, specialty finance company focused on the healthcare industry.The deal, which closed May 2, 2022... Read Story

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers announced its wholly owned indirect subsidiary, Ritchie Bros. UK Holdings Ltd. (RB Purchaser) is discontinuing the Phase 2 review by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (the CMA). The Sale and Purchase Agreement dated... Read Story

First Internet Bancorp, the parent company of First Internet Bank, announced First Century Bancorp. has terminated the agreement and plan of merger between the two companies. Under the agreement, announced Nov. 2, 2021, the consummation of the merger... Read Story

TIP Trailer Services, a portfolio company of I Squared Capital through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund II, and a trailer leasing, rental, maintenance and repair provider across Europe and Canada, has signed an agreement with Ryder to acquire the... Read Story

Simmons First National Corp. announced it has completed the acquisition of Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc. (Spirit), the parent company of Spirit of Texas Bank SSB, based in Conroe, TX. A definitive agreement to acquire Spirit was previously... Read Story

Firstrust Bank announced its subsidiaries Apex Mortgage Corp., a commercial mortgage lender, and Firstlease, Inc., a nationwide provider of equipment financing, have merged under the new name of Apex Commercial Capital Corp. A full-service lender... Read Story

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. announced the closing of its previously announced acquisition of Investors Bancorp, Inc.The acquisition of Investors, along with the recently completed acquisition of HSBC’s East Coast branches and national online... Read Story

M&T Bank Corporation announced the successful completion of its acquisition of People's United Financial, Inc. valued at $8.3 billion. The combined company employs more than 22,000 people and has a network of over 1,000 branches and 2,200 ATMs that... Read Story

Valley National Bancorp announced that its acquisition of Bank Leumi Le-Israel Corporation (Leumi USA), the U.S. subsidiary of Bank Leumi Le-Israel B.M. (BLITA), and parent company of Bank Leumi USA (Bank Leumi) was completed effective April 1.The... Read Story

Hugg & Hall Equipment Company, an industrial and construction equipment provider in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri and Texas announced the acquisition of Southern Material Handling Company of eastern Oklahoma. “When I made the decision to... Read Story

Nations Capital Inc. (NCI), a global asset management and advisory firm focused on opportunistic investments and asset remarketing, announced it has acquired the assets of Art Logistics, Inc. and Equipment Park Leasing, LLC (the Company), located in... Read Story

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, the holding company for Seacoast National Bank (Seacoast Bank), announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Apollo Bancshares, Inc. (Apollo), parent company of Apollo Bank based in... Read Story

TriCo Bancshares has completed its previously announced merger with Valley Republic Bancorp. The combined company, operating as TriCo Bancshares with its banking subsidiary, Tri Counties Bank, anticipates having total assets of approximately $10.1... Read Story

Farmers National Banc Corp. (Farmers), the holding company for The Farmers National Bank of Canfield (Farmers Bank), and Emclaire Financial Corp., the holding company for The Farmers National Bank of Emlenton (Emlenton Bank), jointly announced they... Read Story

US Service Group (USSG), a New York-based industrial services company, announced it has acquired Walker Crane & Rigging Corp. (Walker) of Plainville, CT. Established in 1883, Walker is one of the premier crane, rigging and transportation operations... Read Story

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced its approval of the application by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. to acquire Investors Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Investors Bank.Citizens Financial Group and Investors Bancorp... Read Story

Chesswood Group Limited, a publicly traded North American specialty finance company, and Waypoint Investment Partners Inc., a Toronto-based investment fund and private client investment manager, announced Chesswood and its wholly owned subsidiary... Read Story

Herc Holdings Inc., a North American equipment rental supplier operating through Herc Rentals Inc., announced it has entered a purchase agreement to acquire Cloverdale Equipment Company. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing... Read Story

Resolute Industrial Holdings, LLC, an independent provider of specialty HVAC and power equipment rental solutions, announced it has acquired Rocky Mountain Portable Cooling (RMPC). RMPC will operate under Resolute Industrial's rental division, Mobile... Read Story

Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) has signed an agreement with The Reynolds and Reynolds Company to acquire International Document Services, Inc. (IDS), a U.S. provider of compliance and document generation software solutions for the... Read Story

Colorado-based FirstSun Capital Bancorp, the holding company of Sunflower Bank, N.A. and Texas-based Pioneer Bancshares, Inc., the holding company of Pioneer Bank, SSB jointly announced today the receipt of all required regulatory approvals to merge... Read Story

Peoples Bancorp Inc. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Peoples Bank, has acquired Vantage Financial, LLC, a nationwide provider of equipment financing headquartered in Excelsior, MN. Vantage offers mid-ticket equipment leases primarily for... Read Story

M&T Bank Corporation and People's United Financial, Inc. jointly announced the closing of the previously announced merger between the two companies is expected to occur on or about April 1, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the remaining... Read Story

M&T Bank Corporation announced receipt of regulatory approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to complete the previously announced acquisition of People's United Financial, Inc. The transaction has also received approval... Read Story

Fulton Financial Corporation and Prudential Bancorp, Inc. announced they have entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger under which Prudential will merge with and into Fulton in a stock and cash transaction.Fulton Financial Corporation... Read Story

SouthState Corporation announced the closing of its acquisition of Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc. through the merger of Atlantic Capital with and into SouthState. Immediately after that merger, Atlantic Capital's subsidiary bank, Atlantic Capital... Read Story

Business First Bancshares, Inc., the holding company for b1BANK, has completed its acquisition of Texas Citizens Bancorp, Inc., and its wholly owned bank subsidiary, Texas Citizens Bank, National Association. “This partnership in the Houston area is... Read Story

DMG Bancshares, Inc. and Liberty Bancorp jointly announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement under which DMG will acquire Liberty in an all-cash transaction with a base consideration of approximately $31.2 million, or $35.19 per Liberty... Read Story

TD Bank Group and First Horizon Corporation announced they have signed a definitive agreement for TD to acquire First Horizon in an all-cash transaction valued at $13.4 billion, or $25.00 for each common share of First Horizon. Through this... Read Story

Origin Bancorp, the holding company for Origin Bank, Choudrant, LA, and BT Holdings, Inc. (BTH", the holding company for BTH Bank, N.A., Quitman, TX, jointly announced the signing of an Agreement and Plan of Merger under which Origin will acquire BTH... Read Story

Comrent International, a U.S.-based power-testing infrastructure provider specializing in load bank solutions for more than two decades, announced it has been acquired by Sunbelt Rentals.The combination of Comrent and Sunbelt Rentals broadens both... Read Story

M&T Bank Corporation and People's United Financial, Inc. jointly announced the two companies have agreed to extend their merger agreement from Feb. 21 to June 1.The companies announced a year ago that M&T Bank had agreed to acquire People’s United... Read Story

The Bay Crane Companies, Inc., the largest provider of specialty crane and rigging equipment services in the Northeast, announced the acquisition of Capital City Group, Inc. The transaction results in Bay Crane ranking in the top 10 largest crane... Read Story

Peoples Bancorp Inc. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Peoples Bank, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vantage Financial, LLC, a nationwide provider of equipment financing headquartered in Excelsior, MN. Under the terms of the... Read Story

Old National Bancorp and First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. jointly announced they have completed their all-stock merger of equals, announced on June 1, 2021.The combined company creates the sixth-largest commercial bank headquartered in the Midwest based... Read Story

Financeit Inc. announced that Wafra Capital Partners Inc. (WCP), a New York-based specialty finance investment firm, has acquired the company from Goldman Sachs Asset Management.Financeit is Canada's leading point-of-sale financing provider for the... Read Story

Simmons First National Corporation announced the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has approved Simmons Bank’s application for its proposed acquisition of Spirit of Texas Bank SSB, the bank subsidiary of Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc. (Spirit)... Read Story

First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. (FIBK), parent company of First Interstate Bank, announced it has completed its previously announced merger with Great Western Bancorp, Inc. (GWB), parent company of Great Western Bank. The combined holding company... Read Story

BayCom Corp, the parent company of United Business Bank, announced it completed its previously announced acquisition of Pacific Enterprise Bancorp (PEB), headquartered in Irvine, CA, and the merger of Pacific Enterprise Bank, the bank subsidiary of... Read Story

Webster Financial Corporation and Sterling Bancorp jointly announced today the completion of their previously announced merger, creating one of the largest commercial banks in the Northeast. The combined company is a unique financial institution... Read Story

Hunter Street Partners, a Minneapolis, MN-based alternative investment management firm, announced the expansion of its All-Star Rents platform through the acquisition of two equipment rental facilities that focus on the sale, rental and servicing of... Read Story

Old National Bancorp and First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. announced that their merger of equals transaction, announced on June 1, 2021, has received Federal Reserve approval. This follows approvals received last year from the Office of the Comptroller of... Read Story

Columbia Banking System, Inc., the parent company of Columbia State Bank, and Umpqua Holdings Corporation, the parent company of Umpqua Bank, jointly announced that they have received all required shareholder approvals related to the proposed... Read Story

TimePayment, a fintech company specializing in commercial equipment financing, announced the acquisition of Diversified Capital Credit Corporation (DCC), an equipment financing firm with concentrations in the waste/recycling, home care/healthcare... Read Story

F.N.B. Corporation announced it successfully completed its merger with Baltimore, MD-based Howard Bancorp, Inc. on Jan. 22. The customer and branch branding conversion is scheduled to be finalized on Feb. 7. The merger was announced in July 2021.As a... Read Story

Marlin Business Services Corp., a nationwide provider of capital solutions to small businesses, announced the completion of its acquisition by funds managed by affiliates of HPS Investment Partners LLC (HPS) effective Jan. 20, for $23.50 per share in... Read Story

Custom Truck One Source, Inc. announced the completion of the acquisition of HiRail Leasing, Northshore Rail Contracting and Heavy Equipment Repairs (collectively, HiRail or the HiRail Leasing Group) for $46.0 million, subject to fleet and other... Read Story

GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation announced it acquired the assets of IRH Capital LLC, a recognized leader in the franchise financing industry. The acquisition will allow Northbrook, IL-based IRH Capital to expand its services and add a new... Read Story

Marlin Business Services Corp., a nationwide provider of capital solutions to small businesses, announced an update on its proposed merger with a subsidiary of funds managed by HPS Investment Partners LLC (HPS).Marlin and HPS have been working... Read Story

Fortis, a high-growth commercial bank serving small- to medium-sized privately held businesses in Colorado and Utah, announced the launch of its equipment financing product offering.Chris Case will be responsible for the development and execution of... Read Story

HYPERAMS, LLC announced that Buffalo, NY-based Blackbird Asset Services, LLC will be merging its operation with HYPERAMS effective immediately. Blackbird Managing Director David Fiegel will assume the role of Managing Director of Auction Services and... Read Story

Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. announced its acquisition of 1st Constitution Bancorp was completed effective Jan. 6.1st Constitution’s wholly owned subsidiary, 1st Constitution Bank, was merged into Lakeland Bank. As of Sept. 30, 2021, 1st Constitution had... Read Story

CVB Financial Corp. announced the planned merger between CVBF’s wholly owned banking subsidiary, Citizens Business Bank, and Suncrest Bank was completed, effective on Jan. 7. Suncrest was merged with and into Citizens, in accordance with the terms... Read Story

American Bank announced the acquisition of ACG Equipment Finance (ACG), a fully integrated direct equipment financing company headquartered in Austin, TX. The acquisition is another milestone in American Bank’s growth strategy, enhances the bank’s... Read Story

Franklin BSP Lending Corporation (FBLC) and Franklin BSP Capital Corporation (FBCC), business development companies advised by affiliates of Benefit Street Partners L.L.C., announced the acquisition of substantially all of the equity interests of... Read Story

First Citizens BancShares Inc., parent company of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, announced the completion of its previously announced merger with CIT Group Inc.North Carolina-headquartered First Citizens is now a top 20 U.S. financial... Read Story

First Financial Bancorp. announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Cincinnati-based Summit Funding Group, Inc., the fourth largest independent equipment financing platform in the United States. “We are excited about the... Read Story

WSFS Financial Corporation, the parent company of WSFS Bank, announced it completed the acquisition of the Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation, and its primary subsidiary, The Bryn Mawr Trust Company, as of Jan. 1, 2022.In addition, in accordance with the... Read Story

Velocity Truck Centers (VTC) announced the company has expanded further into the Southeast with the acquisition of Triple-T Truck Centers. These acquisitions extend VTC’s reach in the Southeast along the I-40 in North Carolina to Warsaw, Rocky Point... Read Story

United Community Banks, Inc. has completed its merger, effective Jan. 1, 2022, with Reliant Bancorp, Inc., including its wholly owned subsidiary, Reliant Bank, which was merged with and into United’s bank subsidiary, United Community Bank, and will... Read Story

Cooper Equipment Rentals Limited, an independent equipment rental company in Canada, announced it has acquired Eze Rent-It Centre (EZE) in British Columbia and Stayner Rental in Ontario. Established in 1986, EZE has three locations in the Fraser... Read Story

EquipmentShare has acquired the equipment fleet and operations of six Trekker Tractor locations in Florida, and introduced its construction equipment sales and service operations as CASE Power & Equipment of Florida — the official CASE Construction... Read Story

Commercial Credit, Inc. (CCI), a Charlotte, NC-based equipment and accounts receivable finance company and the parent company of Commercial Credit Group Inc. (CCG) and Commercial Funding Inc., announced it has acquired Keystone Equipment Finance Corp... Read Story

Webster Financial Corporation and Sterling Bancorp jointly announced that Webster has received regulatory approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to complete the previously announced merger between the two companies. As... Read Story

First Foundation Inc., a financial services company with two wholly owned operating subsidiaries, First Foundation Advisors and First Foundation Bank, announced it has completed its acquisition, of TGR Financial, Inc. and its bank subsidiary, First... Read Story

WSFS Financial Corporation, the parent company of WSFS Bank, and Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation (BMTC), the parent company of The Bryn Mawr Trust Company, jointly announced WSFS has received all required approvals to acquire BMTC, and to merge its... Read Story

BMO Financial Group, and its indirect wholly owned Chicago-based subsidiary BMO Harris Bank N.A. announced the signing of a definitive agreement with BNP Paribas to acquire Bank of the West and its subsidiaries, with assets as of Sept. 30, 2021, of... Read Story

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., the parent company of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, and CIT Group Inc. the parent company of CIT Bank, N.A., jointly announced that their previous proposal to merge the two companies has received approval from... Read Story

Bank of Montreal has expressed interest in buying BNP Paribas SA’s U.S. banking arm, according to people familiar with the matter. BMO has held initial talks about an acquisition of BNP Paribas’s Bank of the West unit. Read the Bloomberg article here... Read Story

Alta Equipment Group Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Ambrose Equipment, LLC., a privately held equipment distributor and the Northeast’s premier asphalt equipment dealer for more than 33 years, with... Read Story

Rush Enterprises, Inc., which operates the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships in North America, has acquired certain assets of Summit Truck Group, one of the largest international brand commercial vehicle dealership groups in the... Read Story

BayCom Corp and Pacific Enterprise Bancorp (PEB) jointly announced that, at their respective special meetings of shareholders, they each received the necessary shareholder approval for the consummation of their planned merger. BayCom previously... Read Story

Merger and acquisition activity will remain robust in 2022, spurred on by both opportunistic and defensive strategies, according to an economic outlook report released by Umpqua Bank titled, "Headwinds & Opportunities: Economic Trends & Predictions... Read Story

Ameris Bancorp announced its banking subsidiary, Ameris Bank, has acquired Balboa Capital Corporation, an online provider of business lending solutions to small and mid-sized businesses nationwide.The acquisition of Balboa Capital and its technology... Read Story

Corcentric and North Mountain Merger Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to consummate a business combination that would result in Corcentric becoming a publicly listed... Read Story

For nearly 100 years, Mahaffey has been providing large-scale temporary fabric structures for businesses across the country – from temporary warehouses and aviation hangars to fire stations and blast-resistant structures – all managed from the... Read Story

ZRG Partners, a rapidly growing global talent advisory firm, announced its acquisition of Brimstone Consulting Group, LLC. a boutique strategy consulting firm.Based out of Camden, ME, Brimstone Consulting is a specialist consulting firm that partners... Read Story

First Financial Bancorp. announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cincinnati, OH-based Summit Funding Group, Inc., the fourth-largest independent equipment financing platform in the United States. "We are very excited to join forces with... Read Story

Penske Truck Leasing announced it has reached an agreement to acquire the assets of Rochester, N.Y.-based DeCarolis Truck Rental Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed."DeCarolis Truck Rental is a well-respected name in the region and we are excited... Read Story

Denver, CO-based InBankshares, Corp (INBC) and Wiley, Colorado-based Legacy Bank announced they entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Legacy will merge with and into InBank, the wholly owned subsidiary of INBC, in a stock and... Read Story

LCI, a leading aviation leasing company, announced an agreement to acquire Nova Capital Aviation (Ireland) Limited, a division of the Nova Capital Group.Nova Capital Aviation (Ireland) Limited represents the twin-engine rotary and fixed-wing aircraft... Read Story

CVB Financial Corp. (CVBF), the holding company for Citizens Business Bank (Citizens), announced that Citizens has received regulatory approvals from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the California Department of Financial Protection and... Read Story

Connecticut-based Ion Financial, MHC, parent company of Ion Bank, and New Jersey-based Lincoln Park Bancorp, MHC, the mutual holding company of Lincoln Park Bancorp, parent company of Lincoln 1st Bank, jointly announced entry into a definitive... Read Story

Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc. (the Company) announced the company completed the acquisition of San Francisco, CA-based CAI International, Inc. CAI is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The acquisition had been announced on June 18. Under the... Read Story

BayCom Corp announced it has received all regulatory clearances for its proposed merger with Pacific Enterprise Bancorp (PEB). The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation... Read Story

Alta Equipment Group Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Midwest Mine Services LLC, a privately held company headquartered near Toledo, OH.Midwest Mine Services designs, fabricates, and installs full aggregate... Read Story

Investors Bancorp, Inc. announced stockholders of the company approved the planned merger with Citizens Financial Group, Inc. at a special meeting of the company's stockholders. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2022, subject... Read Story

Simmons First National Corporation and Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc. announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Simmons will acquire Spirit, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Spirit of Texas Bank SSB, in a... Read Story

Arbor Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Bank of Ann Arbor and FNBH Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for First National Bank in Howell, previously announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement on Aug. 9 for Arbor to acquire First... Read Story

CenterGate Capital, an Austin, TX-based private equity investment firm, announced the sale of its specialty environmental equipment platform The Owen Family of Companies to Wynnchurch Capital LLC.Established in 1958 and headquartered in Vancouver, WA... Read Story

Herc Holdings Inc., a North American equipment rental supplier operating through Herc Rentals Inc., announced it has completed the acquisition of Toronto-based Rapid Equipment Rental Limited. Rapid Equipment is a full-service general equipment rental... Read Story

BNP Paribas is working with advisers to assess a sale of its U.S. arm Bank of the West as it seeks to retreat from the American retail banking market after struggling to compete with larger and better capitalized rivals, three sources with knowledge... Read Story

Eastern Bankshares, Inc., the stock holding company for Eastern Bank, announced it has completed its acquisition of Century Bancorp, Inc., the stock holding company for Century Bank and Trust Company, a full-service commercial bank with a full range... Read Story

Independent Bank Corp., parent of Rockland Trust Company, and Meridian Bancorp, Inc., parent of East Boston Savings Bank, jointly reported the following in connection with Independent’s proposed acquisition of Meridian: All regulatory approvals... Read Story

OceanFirst Financial Corp., parent company of OceanFirst Bank N.A., and Partners Bancorp, parent company of The Bank of Delmarva (and its division, Liberty Bell Bank), headquartered in Seaford, DE, and Virginia Partners Bank (and its division... Read Story

Trinity Industries, Inc. announced the company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its highway products business for $375 million in cash, subject to customary closing conditions and adjustments. Trinity’s highway products business is a... Read Story

Ritchie Bros. announced it has completed its acquisition of SmartEquip, an innovative technology platform that supports customers’ management of the equipment lifecycle and integrates parts procurement with both OEMs and dealers.“This acquisition... Read Story

Cadence Bank announced the successful closing of its previously announced merger in which legacy Cadence Bancorporation merged into BancorpSouth Bank, with BancorpSouth as the surviving company. Upon the completion of the merger, BancorpSouth was... Read Story

AerCap Holdings N.V. announced it has completed its acquisition of the GE Capital Aviation Services business (GECAS) from General Electric.The acquisition positions AerCap as the worldwide industry leader across all areas of aviation leasing:... Read Story

Marlin Business Services Corp. reported third quarter 2021 net income of $5.5 million compared with net income of $10.3 million in the prior quarter, and net income of $2.7 million a year ago.Commenting on the third-quarter results, Jeffrey A.... Read Story

Valley National Bancorp, the holding company for Valley National Bank, announced that regulatory approvals for the previously announced acquisition of The Westchester Bank Holding Corporation, and its banking subsidiary The Westchester Bank, has been... Read Story

Rifco Inc., a Canadian alternative auto finance company, and Chesswood Group Limited, a publicly traded commercial equipment finance company focused on small and medium-sized businesses, announced they have entered into an arrangement agreement... Read Story

Ryder System, Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding equity of Midwest Warehouse & Distribution System. Midwest, based in Woodridge, IL, provides warehousing, distribution and transportation... Read Story

M&T Bank Corporation announced it has received approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services and the Connecticut Department of Banking to complete the merger of M&T Bank with People's United Bank.  The combined bank will create a... Read Story

Banc of California, Inc., the holding company of Banc of California, N.A., announced the completion of its acquisition of Pacific Mercantile Bancorp. Following the acquisition, Banc of California will have over $9 billion in total assets. Jared Wolff... Read Story

Business First Bancshares, Inc., the holding company for b1BANK, and Texas Citizens Bancorp, Inc. jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which Business First will acquire Texas Citizens and its wholly owned bank subsidiary... Read Story

Raymond James Financial, Inc. and TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement under which Raymond James will acquire TriState Capital in a combination cash and stock transaction, valued at approximately $1.1 billion.... Read Story

BancorpSouth Bank and Cadence Bancorporation, the parent company of Cadence Bank, announced their proposed merger has received final Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation approval. The FDIC approval follows recent approvals from the Mississippi... Read Story

Columbia Banking System, the parent company of Columbia State Bank, and Umpqua Holdings Corporation, the parent company of Umpqua Bank, have entered into a definitive agreement under which the companies will join together in an all-stock... Read Story

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. announced the acquisition of more than 3,600 railcars, a portion of which will be held in GBX Leasing (GBXL), a recently formed special purpose subsidiary which is approximately 95 percent owned by Greenbrier.GBXL was... Read Story

Herc Holdings Inc. which operates as Herc Rentals Inc., announced it has entered a purchase agreement to acquire Toronto-based Rapid Equipment Rental Limited (Rapid Equipment). The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions with a plan to... Read Story

CSI Leasing, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, MO, recently announced the acquisition of two companies in Norway, Leasepartner AS and Leasemaker AS. The company now has leasing subsidiaries in 10 European countries and services customers in more than... Read Story

H&E Equipment Services, Inc. announced it has completed the sale of the company’s crane business to a wholly owned subsidiary of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. Proceeds from the sale are an estimated $130 million in cash, pending the finalization of net... Read Story

United Community Banks, Inc. has completed its merger with Aquesta Financial Holdings, Inc., including its wholly owned subsidiary, Aquesta Bank, which was merged into United’s bank subsidiary, United Community Bank. Aquesta will now operate under... Read Story

BancPlus Corporation, the parent company of BankPlus, and First Trust Corporation, the parent company of First Bank and Trust, jointly announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which BancPlus will acquire First Trust... Read Story

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers and SmartEquip announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Ritchie Bros. will acquire SmartEquip for approximately $175 million. Completion of the acquisition is subject to customary closing... Read Story

Valley National Bancorp and Bank Leumi Le-Israel Corporation announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby Valley will acquire Leumi, the U.S. subsidiary of Bank Leumi Le-Israel B.M., and parent company of Bank Leumi USA... Read Story

Boxwheel Trailer Leasing, a provider of semi-trailer rentals, leases and sales with physical rental locations in Denver, CO, and Phoenix, AZ, announced the acquisition of Prime Trailer. This strategic acquisition allows Boxwheel the ability to expand... Read Story

U.S. Bancorp announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MUFG Union Bank’s core regional banking franchise from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in a transaction that will bring together two premier organizations with a focus on... Read Story

Peoples Bancorp Inc., parent company of Peoples Bank, announced it has completed its acquisition of Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc. and Premier's wholly owned subsidiaries, Premier Bank, Inc. and Citizens Deposit Bank & Trust, Inc.Peoples and Premier... Read Story

North Mill Equipment Finance, LLC and TF Group, Inc. (Taycor Financial) announced the acquisition of 100 percent of the stock of the parent company of Aztec Financial, LLC from an affiliate of Aramsco, Inc. Aztec is an equipment finance company... Read Story

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is considering selling its U.S. banking arm, as consolidation heats up in the American financial industry, people familiar with the matter said, Bloomberg reported. According to Bloomberg, the Japanese lender is... Read Story

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. announced its stockholders have overwhelmingly approved the proposed merger between First Midwest and Old National Bancorp, which was announced June 1. At First Midwest’s stockholder meeting, approximately 99 percent of... Read Story

Chadwick BaRoss Inc. (CBR) announced it has completed the acquisition of J.F. McDermott Corp. (McDermott), a Whitman, MA-based distributor (since 1942) of equipment to the water and waste water industries. Under the announced deal, all of McDermott's... Read Story

BayCom Corp, the holding company for United Business Bank, and Pacific Enterprise Bancorp, the holding company for Pacific Enterprise Bank, announced jointly the signing of an Agreement and Plan of Merger under which BayCom has agreed to acquire PEB... Read Story

Bank of Ann Arbor (Arbor), and Nicolet National Bank (Nicolet), announced Arbor has entered into an agreement to buy the Birmingham, MI, Branch of Nicolet located at 260 East Brown Street. This was a branch of the former mBank, recently acquired by... Read Story

Herc Holdings Inc., a North American equipment rental supplier operating as Herc Rentals Inc., announced it has acquired Dwight Crane Ltd. and its U.S. affiliate, LRX LLC. Dwight Crane is an entertainment equipment rental business based in Ajax... Read Story

The Department of Justice announced BancorpSouth Bank and Cadence Bank have agreed to sell seven branches in northeastern Mississippi, with more than $446 million in deposits, to resolve antitrust concerns arising from BancorpSouth’s planned... Read Story

Alta Equipment Group Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gibson Machinery, LLC, a privately held premium equipment distributor based in Oakwood Village, near Cleveland, OH. The acquisition expands Alta’s construction... Read Story

Herc Holdings Inc., a North American equipment rental supplier operating as Herc Rentals Inc., announced it has completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Texas-based CBS Rentals (CBS). CBS is a full-service general equipment rental... Read Story

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, the holding company for Seacoast National Bank, announced it has entered into two separate definitive agreements to acquire Sabal Palm Bancorp, Inc., parent company of Sabal Palm Bank based in Sarasota, FL... Read Story

U.S. Bank has entered into an agreement to acquire Bento Technologies, known as Bento for Business, a fintech company based in Chicago and San Francisco that provides payment and expense management services to small and mid-size businesses. The... Read Story

ECN Capital Corp. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Truist Bank, the wholly owned bank subsidiary of Truist Financial Corporation, to sell all of the issued and outstanding equity interests in each of Service Finance Company... Read Story

First Financial Corporation, the bank holding company of First Financial Bank N.A., and Hancock Bancorp, Inc., the bank holding company of Hancock Bank & Trust Company jointly announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement. First Financial... Read Story

BancorpSouth Bank shareholders voted to approve its merger with Cadence Bancorporation, the parent company of Cadence Bank, N.A, during a special meeting of its shareholders. This is a critical step toward completing the previously announced merger... Read Story

Ritchie Bros and Europe’s leading plant and machinery auction house, Euro Auctions, have jointly announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Ritchie Bros. will acquire Euro Auctions group for an enterprise value of approximately $1... Read Story

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, the holding company for Seacoast National Bank, announced the completion of its acquisition of Legacy Bank of Florida, pursuant to the merger of Legacy Bank with and into Seacoast Bank.Legacy Bank... Read Story

Independent Bank Corp., parent of Rockland Trust Company, and Meridian Bancorp, Inc., parent of East Boston Savings Bank, jointly announced that, at their respective special meetings of shareholders, they each received the necessary shareholder... Read Story

Nations Capital, Inc. (NCI) announced it has acquired certain assets formerly owned by BJ Services, LLC (the Company) in a transaction with GACP Finance Co., LLC), Administrative Agent, managed by the investment advisors, WhiteHawk Capital Partners... Read Story

Global investment firm Carlyle and Fly Leasing Limited announced an affiliate of Carlyle Aviation Partners (Carlyle Aviation) completed its previously announced acquisition of FLY. Carlyle Aviation is the commercial aviation investment and servicing... Read Story

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong wrote to leadership of M&T Bank and People’s United Bank seeking detailed information regarding efforts to mitigate job losses and adverse economic impacts to Connecticut workers and communities. Last month... Read Story

Marlin Business Services Corp. reported second-quarter net income of $10.3 million compared with net income of $6.9 million in the prior quarter, and a net loss of $5.9 million a year ago.Jeffrey A. Hilzinger, Marlin’s President and CEO, said, “Our... Read Story

Citizens Financial Group and Investors Bancorp announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger under which Citizens will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Investors for a combination of stock and cash.The... Read Story

CVB Financial Corp., the holding company for Citizens Business Bank, and Suncrest Bank announced they have entered into an agreement and plan of reorganization and merger, pursuant to which Suncrest will merge with and into Citizens in a stock and... Read Story

TriCo Bancshares, the parent company for Tri Counties Bank, and Valley Republic Bancorp, the parent company for Valley Republic Bank, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Valley will merge with and into TriCo in a stock... Read Story

M&T Bank Corporation and People's United Financial, Inc. issued an update on their pending merger to create a diversified, community-focused banking franchise. Last week, M&T issued Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) in two states... Read Story

WSFS Financial Corporation, the parent company of WSFS Bank, announced it received approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to merge with Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation. Subject to the remaining regulatory approvals and the... Read Story

A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act) notice filed by M&T Bank Corporation, based in Buffalo, NY, with State of Connecticut Labor Department on July 22 shows M&T Bank plans to lay off 747 People’s United Bank employees... Read Story

SouthState Corporation and Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc. jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant to which Atlantic Capital will merge with and into SouthState in an all-stock transaction with an aggregate value of... Read Story

Peoples Bancorp Inc., parent company of Peoples Bank, announced it has received all necessary regulatory approvals for the merger between Peoples and Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc., with Peoples as the surviving corporation, and for the mergers... Read Story

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.  announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its crane business to a wholly owned subsidiary of The Manitowoc Company, Inc., a global manufacturer of cranes and lifting solutions, for $130 million in cash... Read Story

Rabobank and TELUS Agriculture have acquired Conservis, a company that integrates disparate farm technologies into one streamlined interface to manage the business of farming. Together, Rabobank and TELUS Agriculture bring the expertise, experience... Read Story

First Citizens BancShares Inc., the parent company of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, and CIT Group Inc., the parent company of CIT Bank, N.A., jointly announced the proposal to merge the two companies has received regulatory approval from the... Read Story

United Community Banks, Inc. and Reliant Bancorp, Inc. announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which United will acquire Reliant, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Reliant Bank, in an all-stock transaction with an... Read Story

FORT Capital Resources, an independent commercial finance company in Raleigh, NC, has acquired Malartu, Inc., a data analytics and software firm along with its technology portfolio to further enhance the impact of FORTs Integrated Vendor Finance... Read Story

F.N.B. Corporation and Howard Bancorp, Inc. announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement for FNB to acquire Howard, including its wholly owned banking subsidiary, Howard Bank, in an all-stock transaction valued at $21.96 per share, or a... Read Story

The Boards of Directors of Lakeland Bancorp, the parent company of Lakeland Bank, and 1st Constitution Bancorp, the parent company of 1st Constitution Bank, have entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger, under which Lakeland will... Read Story

Zedcor Inc. announced it has completed the sale of its Rentals Segment assets to Maynbridge Capital Inc. Gross cash proceeds from the transaction were $11.3 million.This amount will be applied against Zedcor's indebtedness to Maynbridge. As a result... Read Story

President Joe Biden's planned executive order to promote greater U.S. competition will target bank mergers by pushing the Federal Reserve and the Department of Justice to update merger guidelines and increase scrutiny of deals, Reuters reported... Read Story

Hilco Global announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the New York based firm - Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC. Getzler Henrich is a 53-year-old nationally recognized turnaround and restructuring advisory firm that... Read Story

Valley National Bancorp and The Westchester Bank Holding Corporation announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby Valley will acquire Westchester, parent company of The Westchester Bank. The acquisition of this... Read Story

Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI), an independent provider of maintenance support and financial services to the business aviation industry, announced the acquisition of SierraTrax, a leader in aircraft maintenance tracking.   SierraTrax provides... Read Story

Columbia Banking System, Inc., the holding company for Columbia State Bank, and Bank of Commerce Holdings, the holding company for Merchants Bank of Commerce, announced the signing of a definitive agreement to merge Bank of Commerce into Columbia in... Read Story

CAI International entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Mitsubishi HC Capital (“MHC”). Under the terms of the merger agreement with MHC (the “Merger Agreement”), MHC will acquire all of CAI’s outstanding and fully diluted common stock... Read Story

Stearns Bank N.A., a financial institution in Minnesota, has acquired South End Capital Corporation and its digital lending platform to expand financing options and banking services for businesses. Noah Grayson, founder and President, South End... Read Story

KKR announced the launch of AV AirFinance Limited, a global commercial aviation loan servicer established by a team of experienced industry professionals together with KKR. The new secured loan servicing platform combines stable, long-term capital... Read Story

CIT Group Inc. announced it is selling its aviation loan portfolio to KKR. This is related to a previously announced definitive agreement for a portfolio that has a committed loan balance of nearly $800 million across more than 50 loans for... Read Story

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated announced it has closed its merger with TCF Financial Corporation, creating a Top 25 U.S. bank holding company.The combination positions Huntington for enhanced profitability and scale, revenue growth opportunities... Read Story

Regions Bank announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire home improvement lender EnerBank USA, one of America’s largest specialized home improvement lenders supporting homeowners and contractors through innovative products and... Read Story

Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and KKR announced the signing of a definitive agreement for MIC to sell its Atlantic Aviation business to KKR for $4.475 billion in cash and assumed debt and reorganization obligations. Atlantic Aviation operates... Read Story

First Foundation Inc., a financial services company with two wholly owned operating subsidiaries, First Foundation Advisors and First Foundation Bank, and TGR Financial, Inc. jointly announced the execution of a definitive agreement under which TGR... Read Story

Old National Bancorp and First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. jointly announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock merger of equals transaction with a total market value of $6.5 billion to create a premier... Read Story

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of BBVA USA Bancshares, Inc., including its U.S. banking subsidiary BBVA USA. Through this transaction, PNC is now the fifth-largest U.S. commercial banking... Read Story

IDS, a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise solutions for secured finance, announced it has successfully completed the acquisition of White Clarke Group, a leading provider of retail, fleet, wholesale and asset finance software solutions... Read Story

United Community Banks, Inc. and Aquesta Financial Holdings, Inc. announced a definitive agreement for United to acquire Aquesta, including its wholly ownedsubsidiary, Aquesta Bank. United has $18.6 billion in assets and 161 offices in Florida... Read Story

M&T Bank Corporation and People's United Financial, Inc. jointly announced that, at their respective special meetings of shareholders, they each received the necessary shareholder approvals for the consummation of the merger of People's United into... Read Story

Hilco Global announced its commercial-industrial team has acquired all of the assets of Sutton Leasing, a large fleet leasing company based in Sterling Heights, MI, in a multi-million-dollar transaction.The Hilco Commercial Industrial team plans to... Read Story

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated and TCF Financial Corporation jointly announced that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal Reserve Board) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, with input from the United... Read Story

United Rentals, Inc. announced has completed the previously announced acquisition of General Finance Corporation in a roughly $1 billion deal.Matthew Flannery, Chief Executive Officer of United Rentals, said, “We’re delighted to welcome our new... Read Story

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. today announced receipt of regulatory approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to complete the previously announced acquisition of BBVA... Read Story

Fluor Corporation announced the divestiture of its North American equipment and fleet services business, AMECO, to One Equity Partners for $73 million.One Equity Partners, a middle-market private equity firm, announced it agreed to acquire the North... Read Story

AerCap Holdings N.V. announced its shareholders have approved the previously announced acquisition of GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), a General Electric business, at its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.The transaction remains subject to... Read Story

SmartBank, the banking subsidiary of SmartFinancial, Inc., announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Fountain Leasing, LLC.Fountain, headquartered in Knoxville, TN, and founded in 2006, had net lease investments of approximately... Read Story

The Toronto-Dominion Bank completed the previously announced acquisition of Wells Fargo's Canadian Direct Equipment Finance business.The transaction adds scale and capabilities to TD's existing Canadian Equipment Financing business and expands TD's... Read Story

NYDIG, a provider of technology and investment solutions for bitcoin, announced it has acquired Arctos Capital, a technology-driven commercial lender that provides financing solutions to bitcoin holders, investors and mining businesses. Arctos will... Read Story

Marlin Business Services Corp., a nationwide provider of capital solutions to small businesses announced it has entered into a definitive agreement in which HPS Investment Partners LLC will, through its European Asset Value Funds, acquire all of... Read Story

Webster Financial Corporation and Sterling Bancorp jointly announced their boards of directors have approved by unanimous vote a definitive agreement under which the two companies will combine in an all-stock merger of equals transaction with a total... Read Story

United Rentals, Inc. and General Finance Corporation announced their entry into a definitive agreement under which United Rentals will acquire General Finance for $19 a share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $996... Read Story

United Rentals, Inc. announced it has acquired Franklin Equipment, LLC, a regional provider of equipment rentals, sales and related services in the Midwest and Southeast.Franklin Equipment was founded in 2008. It grew to 20 locations serving general... Read Story

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co., Ltd. (MUL) and Hitachi Capital Corporation (HC) have merged to form Mitsubishi HC Capital Co., Ltd.As a result of this merger, Mitsubishi HC Capital will be one of the largest global players in the industry in... Read Story

BancorpSouth Bank and Cadence Bancorporation, the parent company of Cadence Bank, N.A., jointly announced they have entered into a merger agreement under which the companies will combine in an all-stock merger with a total market value of more than... Read Story

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC (GREC), an owner and operator of sustainable infrastructure and energy efficiency projects, announced that, through a wholly owned subsidiary, it purchased an approximately 10 MWdc portfolio of pre-operational... Read Story

McGrath RentCorp announced it has acquired Kitchens To Go, a leader in interim and permanent modular solutions for foodservice providers that require flexible facilities to continue or expand operations. The purchase will allow the Mobile Modular... Read Story

Chesswood Group Limited, a North American commercial equipment finance provider for small and medium-sized businesses, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to merge its subsidiary Blue Chip Leasing Corporation with Vault Credit... Read Story

Eastern Bankshares, Inc., the stock holding company for Eastern Bank, and Century Bancorp, Inc., the stock holding company for Century Bank and Trust Company, jointly announced they have entered into a definitive all-cash merger agreement with an... Read Story

BancorpSouth Bank, which includes BancorpSouth Equipment Finance, announced it has received regulatory approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to complete its proposed mergers with National United Bancshares, Inc., the parent company... Read Story

IDS, a leader in enterprise mission-critical solutions for secured finance, has agreed to acquire White Clarke Group, a provider of retail, fleet, wholesale and asset finance solutions for the automotive and equipment finance markets. The two... Read Story

Peoples Bank, headquartered in Marietta, OH, purchased North Star Leasing Company based in Burlington, VT. CrestMount Advisors represented Peoples Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Peoples Bancorp Inc. “Steve and the team at CrestMount Advisors were... Read Story

Peoples Bank and North Star Leasing Company announced North Star Leasing is now a division of Peoples Bank.Founded in 1979 and located in Burlington, VT, North Star Leasing provides specialized lease solutions for vendors and commercial customers... Read Story

Fly Leasing Limited, a global leader in aircraft leasing, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Carlyle Aviation Partners, the commercial aviation investment and servicing arm within The Carlyle... Read Story

Peoples Bancorp and Premier Financial Bancorp jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement and plan of merger pursuant to which Peoples will acquire, in an all-stock merger, Premier, a bank holding company headquartered in Huntington, West... Read Story

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated and TCF Financial Corporation jointly announced each company's shareholders have approved the proposed merger of TCF into Huntington at their respective special meetings of shareholders."Today's shareholder approval... Read Story

I Squared Capital, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund II, has acquired Star Leasing, a trailer lessor in the U.S., from its shareholders. Headquartered in Columbus, OH, Star Leasing has a young and diversified fleet of approximately 19,000... Read Story

Wabtec Corporation announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nordco, a North American supplier of new, rebuilt and used maintenance of way equipment with a broad product and service portfolio including mobile railcar movers and... Read Story

Banc of California, Inc., the holding company of Banc of California, N.A., and Pacific Mercantile Bancorp, the holding company of Pacific Mercantile Bank, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger under which Pacific... Read Story

Fourshore Partners announced its acquisition of a majority stake in Genesis Capital Finance, a specialty finance company that provides commercial loans to independent owner operators in the long-haul trucking industry. Established in 2011, Genesis... Read Story

GE announced an agreement to combine its GE Capital Aviation Services business (GECAS) with AerCap Holdings N.V. in a deal worth more than $30 billion. The combined company will be one of aviation leasing’s leading franchises, bringing together... Read Story

General Electric Co. is nearing an agreement to combine its jet-leasing business with Ireland’s AerCap Holdings NV, said people familiar with the matter, in a potential deal that would join the world’s two biggest aircraft financiers in a market... Read Story

Velocity Truck Centers (VTC), a group of commercial vehicle dealerships in the Southwest, is announced the company has expanded into the Southeast with the acquisition of Neely Coble Company, Inc. This acquisition extends VTC’s reach from California... Read Story

Chadwick-BaRoss Inc. (CBR) announced it completed the acquisition of Kaz Equipment of South Windsor, Connecticut. The deal will result in the expansion of CBR's operations in the state of Connecticut, and provide CBR with its first location in the... Read Story

M&T Bank Corporation and People's United Financial, Inc. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which M&T will acquire People's United in an all-stock transaction.The combined company will create a diversified... Read Story

Banyan Software, Inc., a company focused on acquiring, building and growing enterprise software businesses, announced the acquisition of Dominion Leasing Software, a company that provides accounting and asset management solutions to the equipment... Read Story

IDS, a provider of asset and equipment finance technology, has completed the acquisition of William Stucky and Associates (WSA), the leading provider of ABL and factoring software. The combination of the two companies creates a powerful, cloud-based... Read Story

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., the parent company of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, and CIT Group Inc., the parent company of CIT Bank, N.A., jointly announced that, at their respective special meetings of stockholders, First Citizens and CIT... Read Story

TCF Capital Solutions, a division of TCF National Bank (TCF), announced TCF has acquired BB&T Commercial Equipment Capital, Corp. (CEC), which includes a portfolio of approximately $1 billion of equipment finance leases and loans. CEC was Truist... Read Story

Corcentric, a provider of business spend management and revenue management software and services, announced it has completed the rebranding of source-to-pay software provider, Determine, e-billing provider Netsend and strategic sourcing services... Read Story

BancorpSouth Bank announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement with FNS Bancshares, Inc., the parent company of FNB Bank, (collectively referred to as FNS), pursuant to which FNS will be merged with and into BancorpSouth.FNS, founded in... Read Story

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) and Wells Fargo & Company announced a definitive agreement, subject to certain closing conditions, for TD to acquire Wells Fargo's Canadian Direct Equipment Finance business.The acquisition of Wells Fargo's Canadian... Read Story

Herc Holdings Inc., a North American equipment rental supplier operating as Herc Rentals Inc., announced it has acquired substantially all the assets of Houston-based Champion Rentals, Inc. Terms were not disclosed.Champion is a full-service general... Read Story

GATX Corporation announced its acquisition of Trifleet Leasing Holding B.V., the fourth-largest global tank container lessor. Headquartered in the Netherlands with offices worldwide, Trifleet owns and manages a fleet of over 18,000 tank containers... Read Story

InfraServ US, LLC, an industrial equipment dealership and services platform, announced it has acquired the Bobcat Southwest dealership group. The acquisition will be completed through InfraServ's subsidiary, Gateway Dealer Network, a provider of... Read Story

Private-equity firm Borgman Capital has acquired Aerial Work Platforms, Inc. (AWP) from former owner and President, Pat Barney. Founded in 1979, AWP is a Wisconsin-based company specializing in renting, selling and servicing aerial lift equipment... Read Story

Assurant, Inc., a global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases, announced the acquisition of EPG Insurance, Inc. for $43 million in cash. EPG is a leading provider of service contracts... Read Story

Ubiquity Solar Inc., a photovoltaic (PV) technology company, and Utica Leaseco, LLC, an asset-based specialty finance company, announced the execution of a definitive agreement, whereby Ubiquity has procured from Utica rights to the intellectual... Read Story

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, the parent company of The Huntington National Bank, and TCF Financial Corporation (TCF), the parent company of TCF National Bank, announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which the companies will... Read Story

Ritchie Bros. announced it has completed its acquisition of Rouse Services, a provider of data intelligence and performance benchmarking solutions. By working together, Ritchie Bros. and Rouse will enhance the data analytics and service offerings... Read Story

ABLE Equipment Rental, Inc. of NY (ABLE) a supplier of construction equipment rentals, sales, service and parts, announce it has purchased the equipment assets and service operations of GAR Equipment, Inc., in South Plainfield, NJ. The transaction... Read Story

Davey Coach Sales, a dealer and lease fleet provider of shuttle bus sales, announced the acquisition of the Nations Bus Sales California division, located in greater Los Angeles. Nations Bus continues to own and operate its dealership located in... Read Story

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. and the Spanish financial group, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. announced they have signed a definitive agreement for PNC to acquire BBVA USA Bancshares, Inc., including its U.S. banking subsidiary, BBVA... Read Story

Solar Capital Ltd. announced it has acquired a majority stake in Kingsbridge Holdings LLC from TZP Capital Partners II, LP and its affiliates and the Kingsbridge management team. Kingsbridge, based in Lake Forest, IL, is an independent lessor of... Read Story

Flushing Financial Corporation, the parent holding company for Flushing Bank, announced it completed its acquisition of Empire Bancorp, Inc. effective after the close of business on Oct. 30. In connection with the acquisition, Empire National Bank... Read Story

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers and Rouse Services announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Ritchie Bros. will acquire Rouse Services for approximately $275 million.“Rouse offers a highly complementary suite of data and service... Read Story

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., the parent company of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, and CIT Group Inc., the parent company of CIT Bank, N.A., jointly announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which the companies will... Read Story

Enova International, a financial technology and analytics company offering consumer and small business loans and financing, announced it has completed the acquisition of On Deck Capital, Inc., an online lender for small business, for approximately... Read Story

New York City-based Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. announced that one of its affiliates has entered into an agreement to acquire the Strategic Alliances (Vendor Finance) business of Westpac Group. Upon completion of the transaction, the business... Read Story

Affiliates of Paceline Equity Partners, LLC, a Dallas-based private equity manager, announced they have acquired R.E.L.A.M., Inc., a lessor of railroad maintenance-of-way (MOW) equipment, as well as Acme Construction Co., Inc. and Timiny RR... Read Story

Arbor Bancorp, Inc., the holding company of Bank of Ann Arbor, announced that Arbor Bancorp. Inc. and FNBH Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for First National Bank in Howell, MI, have mutually agreed to terminate their Agreement and Plan of Merger... Read Story

Aim NationaLease, Airoldi Brothers NationaLease and Brown NationaLease acquired the assets of McCoy NationaLease.With more than 50 years of service in the local market, McCoy has longstanding relationships in the community and a well-founded... Read Story

NorthStar Group Services, Inc., a portfolio company of investment affiliates of J.F. Lehman & Company (JFLCO), announced the completion of the acquisition of Heneghan Wrecking & Excavating Co., Inc. and Patrick's Equipment Leasing, Inc. Headquartered... Read Story

Gordon Brothers, the global advisory, restructuring, and investment firm, announced the acquisition of the real property and machinery and equipment associated with Procter & Gamble’s Kansas City, KS, facility. The acquisition was completed in... Read Story

Regions Bank announced it has completed the acquisition of Ascentium Capital, an independent equipment finance lender serving small businesses.“We are pleased to welcome Ascentium Capital teammates and small business customers to Regions,” said... Read Story

PLM Fleet LLC dba PLM Trailer Leasing (PLM) announced it has finalized the previously communicated partnership with a U.S. subsidiary of Mizuho Leasing Company, MM Wheel, LLC, which acquired a 50 percent membership interest of PLM from Marubeni... Read Story

Flushing Financial Corporation, parent company of Flushing Bank, and Empire Bancorp, Inc., parent company of Empire National Bank, announced the closing of the previously announced merger of Empire with and into Flushing will be delayed due to the... Read Story

BigRentz announced it has merged with Illinois-based Lizzy Lift, a nationwide and international provider of construction equipment rental services. The merger increases BigRentz’s client base, catalog, and rental partner network.Co-owned by sisters... Read Story

Alliance Funding Group (AFG) announced it has acquired Pinnacle Capital Partners, an independent specialty finance and leasing company based in Tacoma, WA.  Founded in 2000, Pinnacle is an industry specialist with a focus on the beverage, dental lab... Read Story

Regions Bank announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ascentium Capital LLC from Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing.Ascentium Capital, headquartered in Kingwood, TX, is the largest... Read Story

Seabury Capital Group LLC announced the formation of Seabury Aircraft Capital LLC (SAC) through a combination of its existing advisory practices and the acquisition of an investment banking firm Structured Finance International (SFI) whose... Read Story

Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, N.A. and part of the Wintrust family, completed the acquisition of an approximately $100 million portfolio of high-quality small-ticket leases and loans. The acquisition is... Read Story

Arbor Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Bank of Ann Arbor, and FNBH Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for First National Bank in Howell, MI, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Arbor to acquire First National an all-cash... Read Story

The Bancorp, Inc. announced the acquisition of McMahon Leasing. The purchase expands The Bancorp’s footprint to the southeastern Pennsylvania region, which will include a leasing office located in Norristown, PA. The purchase of McMahon allows for... Read Story

Velocity Truck Centers (VTC), a sister company of Crossroads Equipment Lease and Finance, has acquired Central California Truck and Trailer Sales, Inc. (CCTTS), an independent used-truck and new/used trailer retailer in California. CCTTS will now be... Read Story

CIT Group Inc. announced its banking subsidiary, CIT Bank, N.A., completed the acquisition of Mutual of Omaha Bank on Jan. 1. This transaction advances CIT’s strategic plan through the addition of a stable, lower-cost homeowner association deposit... Read Story

Affiliates of Paceline Equity Partners, LLC, a Dallas-based private equity manager, announced they have acquired Progress Rail Equipment Leasing Corporation (PRELC), a lessor of railroad maintenance-of-way (MOW) equipment and services, from Progress... Read Story

BancorpSouth Bank has completed its merger with Texas First Bancshares, Inc., the parent company of Texas First State Bank."We're delighted to announce the completion of our merger with Texas First," said BancorpSouth Chairman and Chief Executive... Read Story

TIP Trailer Services, a portfolio company of I Squared Capital and one of the leading trailer leasing, rental, maintenance and repair providers across Europe and Canada, announced it has completed the acquisition of Trailer Wizards, a leading... Read Story

Apollo Global Management, Inc.; Athene Holding Ltd.; and GE Capital, the financial services arm of GE, announced they have closed their previously announced transaction for Apollo and Athene to purchase PK AirFinance, an aviation lending business... Read Story

B. Riley Principal Merger Corp. (BRPM), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of B. Riley Financial, and Alta Equipment Holdings Inc., a provider of industrial and construction equipment and related services, announced they... Read Story

BMO and Key Equipment Finance (KEF) have entered into an agreement whereby BMO will acquire KEF’s Canadian lease/loan portfolio. BMO will be integrating the KEF portfolio into BMO’s Equipment Finance business in order to provide the best client... Read Story

Truist Financial Corporation announced the completion of the merger of equals between BB&T Corporation and SunTrust Banks, Inc. Truist is the sixth-largest U.S. commercial bank, serving approximately 10 million consumer households and a full range of... Read Story

Pacific Life Insurance Company announced it has completed the sale of Aviation Capital Group (ACG), its commercial aircraft leasing subsidiary, to Tokyo Century Corporation.In 2017, Tokyo Century acquired from Pacific Life a 20 percent membership... Read Story

Sterling Bancorp announced its principal subsidiary, Sterling National Bank, has completed the previously announced acquisition of middle market commercial equipment finance loans and leases from Santander Bank, N.A.The balance of equipment finance... Read Story

Tokyo Century (USA) Inc. announced it has acquired 100 percent of the capital stock of Allegiant Partners Incorporated DBA AP Equipment Financing, an independent specialty finance and leasing company based in Bend, OR. Allegiant has a strong... Read Story

Kingsbridge Holdings LLC announced the acquisition of Technology Finance Corporation (TFC). Terms were not disclosed.Founded in 2004, TFC is a fast-growing technology leasing company that provides financing for information technology equipment and... Read Story

First Financial Corporate Services, Inc. (FFCSI), a major independent provider of equipment leasing and financial solutions in the U.S. and Canada, announced it has been acquired by JA Mitsui Leasing, Ltd. (JAML) through its subsidiary, JA Mitsui... Read Story

Mintaka Financial, LLC, a commercial finance company based in Washington State, has acquired Phoenix, AZ-based Summit Commercial Finance Company. The deal comes as part of Mintaka’s strategy to form closer relationships with origination channels, to... Read Story

Thoma Bravo, a software-focused private equity investment firm, announced it has acquired majority ownership in IDS, a provider of asset finance software solutions, from its current owner, SV Investment Partners.“Having partnered with IDS since 2003... Read Story

Sterling Bancorp announced its principal subsidiary, Sterling National Bank, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a portfolio of middle market commercial equipment finance loans and leases from Santander Bank, N. A.As of Sept. 30, the... Read Story

MidCap Financial announced it has closed the acquisition of substantially all of PNC Bank's Franchise Finance loan portfolio. In conjunction with the acquisition, six members of the Franchise Finance business have joined MidCap Financial, including... Read Story

City National Bank (CNB) has announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase Miami-based Executive Banking Corporation, the parent company of Executive National Bank. As of June 30, CNB and Executive National Bank had combined assets of... Read Story

TIP Trailer Services, a portfolio company of I Squared Capital, has signed an agreement to acquire Trailer Wizards Ltd., a supplier of trailer rental and leasing services in Canada. TIP first expanded from Europe into Canada in 2016 with the purchase... Read Story

New York City-based Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., a leader in alternative investing, executed a Deed of Company Arrangement related to certain subsidiaries of Axsesstoday Limited, a provider of equipment finance solutions to small and medium... Read Story

Pacific Life Insurance Company announced it has signed an agreement to sell all of its majority ownership in Aviation Capital Group (ACG), its commercial aircraft leasing subsidiary, to Tokyo Century Corporation.In 2017, Tokyo Century acquired from... Read Story

Apollo Global Management, LLC, Athene Holding Ltd.; and GE Capital, the financial services arm of GE (NYSE: GE), today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Apollo and Athene to purchase PK AirFinance, an aviation lending... Read Story

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bankmanagers Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Park Bank.Founded in 1915, Park Bank is one of the largest independent commercial banks in Milwaukee with... Read Story

Cross Country Infrastructure Services, Inc. announced it has acquired Five Star Equipment Leasing & Rental, L.L.C. With the addition of Five Star, Cross Country gains an established equipment rental player in the central U.S. and at the crossroads of... Read Story

CIT Group Inc. and Mutual of Omaha (Mutual) announced a definitive agreement for CIT’s banking subsidiary, CIT Bank, N.A., to acquire Mutual’s savings bank subsidiary, Mutual of Omaha Bank, for a purchase price of $1 billion.The purchase price will... Read Story

North Mill Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Solar Senior Capital, announced the acquisition of Summit Financial Resources, a provider of factoring services across the U.S. Founded in 1994 and based in Salt Lake City, UT, Summit has built a... Read Story

MRI Software announced it has acquired ProLease, a provider of lease administration, lease accounting, lease analysis and workplace management applications. ProLease's intuitive and comprehensive software suite extends MRI's corporate occupier and... Read Story

First Associates Loan Servicing, LLC announced it has closed an investment round with Stone Point Capital LLC. The Stone Point investment in First Associates is the culmination of years of partnerships with industry-leading clients, an ongoing... Read Story

Chemical Financial Corporation and TCF Financial Corporation announced the receipt of regulatory approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to complete the proposed merger of equals in which TCF will merge into Chemical.The... Read Story

LeaseAccelerator announced the acquisition of Guardian Global Systems, an Australian-based provider of Real Estate Administration SaaS to commercial and government organizations. Guardian Global will extend LeaseAccelerator’s portfolio of... Read Story

First Financial Corporate Services, Inc. (FFCSI), a major independent provider of equipment leasing and financial solutions in the U.S. and Canada, announced the signing of a definitive acquisition agreement with JA Mitsui Leasing, Ltd. Under the... Read Story

BB&T Corporation and SunTrust Banks, Inc., announced Truist as the name for the combined company to be created through their merger of equals. Truist will be the sixth-largest U.S. bank holding company serving more than 10 million households in the U... Read Story

Chemical Financial Corporation and TCF Financial Corporation jointly announced that at separate special meetings, each company’s shareholders approved the proposed merger of equals in which TCF will merge into Chemical. The combined holding company... Read Story

An affiliate of Variant Equity Advisors, LLC (Variant Equity) announced the completed acquisition of Coach USA and Coach Canada, in which Wells Fargo Capital Finance (WFCF), a unit of Wells Fargo Commercial Capital, acted as administrative agent... Read Story

Pioneer Railcorp, a railroad holding company that owns short-line railroads and other railroad-related businesses, and BRX Transportation Holdings, LLC, an entity formed by Brookhaven Rail Partners and Related Infrastructure, announced entry into a... Read Story

Liberty Capital Group announced its equity purchase of ID Global Corp., the publicly owned Internet of Things innovator.As it celebrates 15 years since its launch, having recently announced the passing of a new landmark, with the company overseeing... Read Story

Equifax Inc., an Atlanta-based global data, analytics and technology company, has acquired PayNet, a company that provides commercial credit risk underwriting and management solutions to online and alternative finance lenders, and commercial finance... Read Story

Merchants Bank and The First National Bank of Northfield have reached a definitive agreement for Merchants to acquire the Northfield banking institution, according to Gregory M. Evans, President and CEO of Merchants Financial Group, Inc. and... Read Story

Fintech company TimePayment announced it has acquired Kingswood Leasing, Inc., a leader in providing specialized sales financing solutions for equipment sellers in the restaurant, food services, hospitality and c-store industries.The acquisition is... Read Story

Boston-based fintech company TimePayment announced it has acquired LeaseQ Inc. The acquisition adds immediate value to TimePayment’s strategic focus of offering vendor partners a leading platform, differentiated product offerings, faster funding and... Read Story

Macquarie Group Limited has announced Macquarie Rotorcraft Leasing has completed the acquisition of a helicopter portfolio from Waypoint Leasing Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiaries.The portfolio acquired from Waypoint comprises 120 medium and heavy... Read Story

Mechanics Bank and Rabobank, N.A., a subsidiary of Rabobank Group, announced Mechanics Bank and Rabobank Group have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Mechanics Bank will acquire Rabobank, N.A. in a strategic business combination... Read Story

Turner Valley Oil and Gas, Inc. (TVOG) announced it has completed an agreement to acquire infrastructure-focused financial services firm, Ark Capital Holdings, LLC.Ark is expanding its business with a concentrated focus in infrastructure that... Read Story

Cooper Equipment Rentals Limited, an independent equipment rental company in Canada, announced it has acquired Prime Rentals Ltd.  Prime Rentals has two locations in Lethbridge and nearby Taber, Alberta. Prime Rentals was established in 1979, and... Read Story

Sterling Bancorp, through its principal subsidiary, Sterling National Bank, announced it has completed the previously announced acquisition of the asset-based and equipment finance lending businesses of Woodforest National Bank.The balance of... Read Story

Maxim Crane Works, L.P. and B&G Crane Service, LLC jointly announced the companies have entered into an agreement pursuant to which Maxim will acquire B&G Crane, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of NCSG. B&G Crane is one of the largest providers... Read Story

SunTrust Banks, Inc. and BB&T Corporation announced both companies' boards of directors have unanimously approved a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock merger of equals valued at approximately $66 billion. The combined company will be the... Read Story

Chemical Financial Corporation and TCF Financial Corporation announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which the companies will combine in an all-stock merger of equals transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, which was unanimously... Read Story

Sterling Bancorp, through its principal subsidiary, Sterling National Bank, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the asset-based and equipment finance lending businesses of Woodforest National Bank in Texas.As of Dec. 31... Read Story

People's United Bank, N.A., a subsidiary of People's United Financial, Inc., has acquired VAR Technology Finance, a private, independent leasing and finance company that supports equipment sales through its financing programs within the technology... Read Story

H&E Equipment Services, Inc. announced its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire We-Rent-It (WRI), a non-residential construction-focused equipment rental company with six branches serving the growing central Texas market. Under the terms of... Read Story

Laundrylux, based in New York, announced its acquisition of the assets of Golden State Laundry Systems, California.Laundrylux is the largest integrated independent distributor of professional laundry equipment in the world, with 65 years of... Read Story

Equitable Group Inc. completed its previously announced acquisition of Bennington Financial Services Corp., a profitable and growing privately owned company serving the brokered equipment leasing market in Canada.The acquisition, announced last month... Read Story

Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. announced a series of transactions that provide for an expansion of its aviation services business. The deals include the formation of a joint venture between Mammoth and Wexford Capital which purchased Brim Equipment... Read Story

Benetrends Financial, a provider of franchise funding, has broadened its offerings to include recruiting and hiring software for franchises. Benetrends has acquired the franchise hiring software division of Jordan Gilmore Inc. (JGI) and will continue... Read Story

Beneficial Bancorp, Inc. announced its stockholders approved the previously announced merger of Beneficial with and into WSFS Financial Corporation at a special meeting of stockholders. Subject to the receipt of all required regulatory approvals and... Read Story

ENGS Commercial Finance Co. announced it has closed on the sale of all shares of ENGS to Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited (MUL).MUL is a prominent global leasing company with its headquarters in Tokyo and its principal shareholders... Read Story

Equitable Group Inc. announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Bennington Financial Services Corp., a profitable and growing privately owned company serving the brokered equipment leasing market in Canada.Bennington was founded in Oakville... Read Story

United Rentals, Inc. announced United Rentals of Canada, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, has completed the previously announced acquisition of WesternOne Rentals & Sales LP for a cash purchase price of approximately $90.4 million.... Read Story

Lending technology firm White Clarke Group announced its acquisition of equipment finance software provider Insyston.Founded in 1998, Insyston is an end-to-end asset finance software provider based in Sydney, Australia. Insyston moved its asset... Read Story

United Rentals, Inc. announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of BlueLine from Platinum Equity for a total purchase price of approximately $2.1 billion in cash. United Rentals used a combination of newly issued debt and bank... Read Story

ENGS Commercial Finance Co. announced its shareholders, led by Aquiline Capital Partners, a New York-based private-equity firm investing in financial services, has entered into an agreement to sell all shares of ENGS to Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance... Read Story

KYN Capital Group Inc.'s Board of Directors announced the company has signed an agreement to acquire ATAX Cloud, a financial equipment leasing and tax preparation company. This subsidiary is a franchise that provides financial services, leasing, tax... Read Story

CIT Group Inc. announced it has completed the sale of NACCO, its European rail leasing business, for net proceeds of $1.1 billion based on current exchange rates. The sale was completed in two separate transactions and included approximately $1.2... Read Story

Celadon Group, Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its approximately 49.9 percent equity interest in 19th Capital Group, LLC to an affiliate of Element Fleet Management for nominal value. The sale is expected to close during the... Read Story

Lisa Rafter and Kate Majewski, owners of LK Consulting Partners LLC, have acquired Monitor, a leading source of news for the equipment finance industry, and Molloy Associates, an executive search firm serving employers in the equipment finance... Read Story

National Funding, one of the largest private fintech lenders of small and medium-sized business loans, announced it has purchased QuickBridge, a leading alternative financial services firm offering working capital to small businesses (SMB) nationwide... Read Story

Marlin Business Services Corp. announced it has acquired Fleet Financing Resources, LLC (FFR), a provider of equipment finance credit products focused on the commercial vehicle market.Exact terms of the transaction were not disclosed but Marlin... Read Story

United Rentals, Inc. and BlueLine Rental announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which United Rentals will acquire BlueLine from Platinum Equity for approximately $2.1 billion in cash.The board of directors of United Rentals... Read Story

Q2 Holdings, Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire San Mateo, CA-based Cloud Lending, Inc., a privately held SaaS company that provides an integrated end-to-end lending and leasing platform.“By acquiring Cloud Lending, we will be able to help... Read Story

Dominion Leasing Software LLC announced it has acquired the assets of Seritus Solutions LLC, a provider of credit origination software and services.Seritus’ flagship product, Seritus-COS, provides an intelligent workflow process to automate the flow... Read Story

North Mill Equipment Finance LLC announced it has been acquired by an affiliate of Wafra Capital Partners Inc. (WCP).North Mill is an independent, small ticket equipment finance firm for essential-use commercial and industrial equipment, principally... Read Story

Huntington Bancshares Inc. announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase Chicago-based Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co. (HSE). A public finance investment bank and broker-dealer, HSE is one of the nation’s largest securities firms... Read Story

WSFS Financial Corporation and Beneficial Bancorp, Inc. jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement whereby WSFS will combine with Beneficial, in a transaction valued at approximately $1.5 billion.Concurrently with the acquisition... Read Story

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GE Capital's Energy Financial Services' Project Finance Debt Business and loan portfolio for $2.56 billion, including $400 million of unfunded loan... Read Story

I Squared Capital (ISQ), an independent global infrastructure investment manager, has finalized the acquisition, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund II, and acquired 100 percent interest in TIP Trailer Services, one of the leading pan-European... Read Story

Meta Financial Group Inc., the holding company for MetaBank, announced it completed the previously announced acquisition of Crestmark Bancorp Inc. and its Michigan state-chartered bank subsidiary, Crestmark Bank. Crestmark has provided... Read Story

Mckinney Trailer Rentals, a California-based provider of trailer rentals, leases and sales in the Western U.S and Texas, announced the acquisition of the assets of Fleet Trailer, LLC of Denver. Mckinney Trailer Rentals operates multiple branch... Read Story

People's United Bank, N.A., a subsidiary of People's United Financial, Inc., has acquired Vend Lease Company, a nationwide provider of equipment financing to suppliers and vendors primarily in the hospitality industry. Vend Lease, with headquarters... Read Story

Sandhills Publishing announced it has acquired Equipmentfacts, a New Jersey-based online bidding platform specializing in global solutions for equipment and truck auctions. The acquisition expands the portfolio of the Nebraska-based tech company... Read Story

Verdant Commercial Capital, LLC of Cincinnati announced it has acquired Intech Funding Corp. of Monrovia, Calif. Intech is focused on financing and leasing for manufacturing companies nationwide.Intech will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of... Read Story

ABLE Equipment Rental, Inc. of NY announced it has purchased the aerial equipment assets and service operations of Mobile Lifts, Inc. of Norristown, Pa. The transaction will allow the facility to operate as the newest branch of ABLE Equipment Rental.... Read Story

Covenant Transportation Group, Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of Landair Holdings, Inc. of Greeneville, Tenn., the holding company for Landair Transport, Inc. and Landair Logistics, Inc. in a $83 million deal.Landair is a dedicated... Read Story

United Rentals, Inc. and BakerCorp International Holdings, Inc. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which United Rentals will acquire BakerCorp for approximately $715 million in cash.The boards of directors of United Rentals... Read Story

Hilco Receivables and Hilco Industrial, both units of Hilco Global, announced they have acquired the extensive assets of the Edwards Brothers Malloy Printing Company.  The multi-million-dollar acquisition deal is a joint venture between the Hilco... Read Story

Meta Financial Group, Inc., the holding company for its federally chartered savings bank subsidiary, MetaBank, announced all necessary bank regulatory approvals relating to the acquisition of Crestmark Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for its... Read Story

WillScot Corporation (Williams Scotsman), a provider of modular space and portable storage solutions across North America, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Modular Space Holdings, Inc. (ModSpace) for an enterprise value... Read Story

Rent-A-Center, Inc., a leader in the rent-to-own industry, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Vintage Rodeo Parent, LLC, an affiliate of Vintage Capital Management, LLC, pursuant to which Vintage will acquire all of the... Read Story

RGCX, LLC announced it has been acquired by Corrum Capital. The acquisition provides RGCX with greater resources and flexibility in the railcar market and enables the company to pursue a long-term growth strategy. The new owner plans to fuel growth... Read Story

KeyBank announced the acquisition of a digital lending platform for small businesses created by Bolstr. The fintech software, expected to be implemented in 2018, will enable KeyBank to provide faster and easier access both to SBA loans and to... Read Story

Byline Bancorp, Inc., the holding company of Byline Bank, announced it has completed its acquisition of First Evanston Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of First Bank & Trust. As a result of the transaction, First Bank & Trust has merged into Byline... Read Story

Fora Financial announced it has acquired a significant stake in US Business Funding (USBF). The combination will create one of the largest, broadest reaching direct sales organizations in the small business alternative lending space, while deepening... Read Story

Meta Financial Group, Inc., the holding company for its federally chartered savings bank subsidiary, MetaBank, and Crestmark Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for its Michigan state-chartered bank subsidiary, Crestmark Bank, announced the results of... Read Story

Wabtec Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with GE Transportation, a unit of General Electric Company. The combination will make Wabtec a Fortune 500, global transportation leader in rail equipment, software and services... Read Story

Fifth Third Bancorp and MB Financial, Inc. jointly announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement under which MB Financial will merge with Fifth Third in a transaction valued at approximately $4.7 billion. Approximately 90 percent of the... Read Story

Jeff Martin Auctioneers Inc. announced the integration of Martin & Martin Auctioneers of Pelzer, S.C. into its ongoing operations.The expansion will enable Jeff Martin Auctioneers, which has its headquarters in Brooklyn, Miss., to strengthen its... Read Story

HNA Group, a global Fortune 500 company focused on aviation and tourism, logistics and financial services, announced an agreement to sell TIP Trailer Services, a leading equipment service provider, to I Squared Capital, an independent global... Read Story

Wells Fargo & Company announced its Middle Market Banking division led a syndicated credit facility to support Foley Inc.’s acquisition of Giles & Ransome Inc. Specific terms were not disclosed. Foley, a regional Caterpillar dealer, acquired... Read Story

Alliance Capital Corporation (ACC) announce it has acquired Cardinal Business Financing Inc., a health care, hospitality and golf industry-focused vendor finance company based in Southbury, Conn. The transaction will add assets and expand Alliance... Read Story

Private equity investment firm Veritas Capital and General Electric Co. announced an affiliate of Veritas has entered into a definitive agreement with GE to acquire the Enterprise Financial Management (Revenue-Cycle, Centricity Business), Ambulatory... Read Story

CNH Finance, L.P., a specialty finance company headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, announced the expansion of its national commercial healthcare lending capabilities with the acquisition of Triumph Healthcare Finance, a division of TBK Bank, SSB... Read Story

Sterling Bancorp, through its principal subsidiary, Sterling National Bank, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Advantage Funding Management, a provider of commercial vehicle and transportation financing services.... Read Story

Meta Financial Group (“Meta”), the holding company for the federally chartered savings bank MetaBank, announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Crestmark Bancorp, Inc. (“Crestmark”), the holding company for the Michigan state-chartered bank... Read Story

United Community Banks (United) and NLFC Holdings Corp. (NLFC) announced a definitive agreement for United to acquire NLFC, including its wholly-owned subsidiary, Navitas Credit Corp. (“Navitas”). Headquartered in Ponte Vedra, Florida, Navitas is a... Read Story

ECN Capital Corp. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Canadian Western Bank to sell all of the Company’s Canadian Commercial and Vendor (“C&V”) Finance assets for cash proceeds of approximately C$900 million, representing a... Read Story

Accord Financial Corp. announced that Chicago-based CapX Partners (“CapX”) has joined the Accord group of companies. CapX, a leading provider of equipment finance to middle market companies throughout the U.S. since 1999, will continue to serve... Read Story

First Eagle Investment Management (“First Eagle”) and NewStar Financial Inc. ("NewStar”) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for First Eagle to acquire NewStar, an established lender and investment manager specializing in... Read Story

Accruent announced that it has acquired Plano, Texas-based Lucernex, Inc.Lucernex is a leading, global provider of cloud-based, Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS), including advanced solutions for organizations in any industry seeking... Read Story

Solar Capital Ltd. announced that on July 31, 2017, it acquired NEF Holdings, LLC ("NEF"), which conducts its business through its wholly-owned subsidiary Nations Equipment Finance, LLC. NEF is an independent equipment finance company that provides... Read Story

Commercial Credit, Inc., parent company of Commercial Credit Group Inc. (CCG) announced the purchase of the business operations of Transfac Capital, Inc., thus expanding into the accounts receivable factoring business. With the closing of the... Read Story

People's United Bank, N.A. announced the completion of its acquisition of Philadelphia, PA based LEAF Commercial Capital, Inc.  The transaction brings the total assets of People's United equipment finance units to approximately $4 billion, which... Read Story

People's United Bank, N.A. announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire LEAF Commercial Capital, Inc.  Based in Philadelphia, PA, LEAF is one of the largest, independent commercial equipment finance companies in the U.S., with... Read Story

Westlake Financial Services recently expanded its investment footprint with the acquisition of Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA) headquartered in San Diego, CA. The purchase of CULA raised Westlake’s total managed assets from $4.0 billion to... Read Story

Laurentian Bank of Canada announced that it has reached a definitive agreement under which a subsidiary of the Bank has agreed to acquire Northpoint Commercial Finance, which is among the leading U.S. and Canadian inventory finance lenders with a... Read Story

Crestmark announced the acquisition of Allstate Capital. They will be a part of Crestmark’s leasing division, Crestmark Equipment Finance, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Crestmark Bank; and will report to Crestmark First Vice President Scot Lund... Read Story

ECN Capital announced today it has completed the previously announced sale of the company’s U.S. Commercial and Vendor (C&V) Finance business to PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) on the previously agreed terms. With the sale, ECN Capital is now a... Read Story

ECN Capital Corp. announced that it has entered into an agreement with PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) to sell the Company’s US Commercial and Vendor (C&V) Finance business for cash proceeds of approximately US$ 1.253 billion. PNC will purchase... Read Story

Providence Capital Funding, a capital funding group specializing in equipment leasing for businesses, has acquired All Media Capital founded in Brea, California. All Media Capital has been providing equipment financing solutions focusing on media... Read Story

Marlin Business Services Corp. announced that it has acquired Horizon Keystone Financial, a long established originator of equipment finance credit products focused in the office furniture, heating/ventilation/air conditioning/refrigeration (HVAC/R)... Read Story

NewStar Financial announced today the sale of its equipment finance business and related assets to Boston-based Radius Bank ("Radius"), a federal savings association, for approximately $140 million in cash.    NewStar Equipment Finance is an... Read Story

DLL, a Rabobank subsidiary and global provider of asset-based financial solutions, confirmed the sale of its mobility solutions entity Athlon Car Lease International B.V. including all its subsidiaries to Daimler Financial Services, a division of... Read Story

CV Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") announced that, as part of its strategic plan to grow into other finance-related businesses, it recently: (i) closed the acquisition of Centra Leasing, Inc. through a newly-formed subsidiary Centra Funding LLC, as... Read Story

LeaseQ, an online marketplace connecting business owners, equipment sellers, and lenders to make selling and financing equipment fast and easy, announced the acquisition of Noesis, the leader in commercial building equipment financing, based in... Read Story

Hanmi Financial Corporation, the holding company for Hanmi Bank (the “Bank”), announced the Bank has acquired the Commercial Specialty Finance (“CSF”) unit of Irvine, California-based Banc of California.  Operating as a division of Banc of California... Read Story

Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing, announced that funds affiliated with the firm have agreed to acquire Ascentium Capital, the third largest private-independent equipment finance company in the U.S. by... Read Story

Engs Commercial Finance Co., one of the nation’s oldest and largest independent commercial finance companies, and Connext Financial, Ltd., a leading lender in Industrial Equipment finance, jointly announced today that they have entered into... Read Story

CIT Group announced that it has completed the sale of its Canadian equipment finance and corporate finance businesses (CIT Canada), with assets of approximately US $700 million, to Laurentian Bank of Canada. As part of the sale, CIT will transfer... Read Story

INFOR Acquisition Corp. announced that in accordance with applicable rules, it has received a receipt for a final non-offering prospectus in connection with the completion of its proposed Qualifying Acquisition with ECN Capital Corp. ("ECN... Read Story

GE announced that it has completed the sale of GE Capital’s U.S. restaurant financing assets, through a series of separate transactions with regional buyers first announced in June 2016. These combined transactions represent an ending net investment... Read Story

MB Financial, Inc., the parent company of MB Financial Bank, N.A., announced it has completed its merger with American Chartered Bancorp, Inc. (“American Chartered”), and its wholly owned bank subsidiary,  American Chartered Bank has been merged into... Read Story

TIAA announced an agreement to acquire EverBank, a nationwide consumer and commercial bank with $27.4 billion in total assets. This acquisition significantly expands TIAA’s banking and lending products and complements the company’s full suite of... Read Story

KeyCorp announced it has closed its acquisition of First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.  Systems and client conversion is expected during the fourth quarter of 2016, subject to pending regulatory approval by the Office of the Comptroller of the... Read Story

Komatsu Ltd. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Joy Global Inc., a leading manufacturer of surface and underground mining equipment, under which Komatsu America Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Komatsu in the USA, will... Read Story

CIT Group announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Canadian equipment finance and corporate finance businesses (“CIT Canada”), with more than US $700 million in assets, to Laurentian Bank of Canada. In addition, approximately... Read Story

Hitachi Capital America Corp. (HCA) signed a definitive agreement to purchase Creekridge Capital, a healthcare and IT-focused vendor finance company based in Edina, Minnesota. Creekridge hasbeen a trusted business partner of HCA since 2009. The... Read Story

GE has completed the previously announced sale of GE Capital’s Franchise Finance U.S. hotel business to Western Alliance Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE: WAL). The sale includes approximately $1.3 billion in... Read Story

Providence Bank & Trust closed on an asset purchase agreement in which the bank acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed the operations of Cobra Capital LLC, a national independent equipment finance company. Cobra Capital, now a division... Read Story

BofI Holding, Inc., parent company of BofI Federal Bank (the “Bank”), announced that the Bank has closed an asset purchase agreement in which the Bank acquired certain assets and assumed certain operations of Pacific Western Equipment Finance (“EQF”)... Read Story

GE and State Street Corporation announced an agreement for State Street to acquire GE Asset Management (GEAM), GE’s investment management arm, for up to $485 million, subject to adjustments. This announcement follows GE’s previous announcement in... Read Story

M&A advisory firm Capstone Strategic surveyed middle market executives from multiple industries on their growth and M&A experience in 2015 and their outlook for 2016. The survey was conducted in December 2015, and followed a previous survey in... Read Story

Wells Fargo & Company announced that it has completed the purchase of the North American portions of GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution Finance and Vendor Finance businesses as well as a portion of its Corporate Finance business, totaling $27.4... Read Story

Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital transformation, announced plans for a tie-up with Cassiopae, a leading developer of specialised finance and real estate management software.Sopra Steria plans to acquire, through its subsidiary Sopra Banking... Read Story

Union Leasing announced the acquisition of Walser Leasing (Walser Financial Services), a leasing and fleet management solutions company servicing commercial fleets nationwide. The move expands Union Leasing's total service offering while delivering... Read Story

Navitas Lease Corp. announced the purchase of Liberty Financial Group, Inc. This acquisition will assist Navitas in accelerating their entry into the vocational vehicle and related equipment marketplace.This newly created division of Navitas will... Read Story

Maxium Financial Services Inc. ("Maxium") and Desante Financial Services Inc. ("Desante"), collectively referred to as the "Maxium Group", have entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of its future business to Canadian Western Bank and... Read Story

GE (NYSE:GE) has signed an agreement to sell its commercial lending and leasing business in Japan, including Capital Finance, Fleet Service and Vendor Finance, to Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing (SMFL), a member of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group... Read Story

Surplus capital and low interest rates are providing the currency to boost middle market M&A activity, according to the Inside the Middle Market research report released by Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL).  The credit markets are open, and... Read Story

GE has signed an agreement to sell its equipment lending and leasing business in Mexico to Linzor Capital Partners, a leading pan-regional private equity firm that focuses on Latin American middle market investments. The transaction includes... Read Story

GE announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the potential sale of its Equipment Finance and Receivable Finance businesses in France and Germany to Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM), representing ending net... Read Story

MB Financial, Inc. and American Chartered Bancorp, Inc.  announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement whereby MB Financial will acquire American Chartered and its wholly owned bank subsidiary, American Chartered Bank, in a stock and cash... Read Story

KLC Financial has acquired the portfolio and others assets of Kraus-Anderson Capital, Inc. (KAC).  The acquisition provides KLC with a large customer base of established businesses and with a greater expertise in the leasing and financing of... Read Story

The Alta Group served as a financial advisor to Patriot Capital Corporation in the  acquisition of its equipment finance origination platform by State Bank and Trust Company announced today, said Bruce Kropschot, senior managing director and mergers... Read Story

State Bank and Trust Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of State Bank Financial Corporation announced today that it has purchased the equipment finance origination platform of Patriot Capital Corporation, a leading provider of equipment financing to... Read Story

Wells Fargo & Company announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase GE Capital’s Vendor Finance and Commercial Distribution Finance platforms as well as a portion of its Corporate Finance business. The acquisition includes total assets of... Read Story

Headhaul Capital Partners LLC and Argosy Investment Partners V announced  the acquisition of Great Western Leasing and Sales, LLC ("GWLS") in partnership with the existing management team.  Great Western Leasing is a leading full-service, integrated... Read Story

GE has reached an agreement to sell GE Capital’s global Commercial Distribution Finance, North American Vendor Finance and Corporate Finance platforms to Wells Fargo. The sale includes ending net investment (ENI) of approximately $30 billion (about... Read Story

GE announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its fixed-wing Corporate Aircraft financing portfolio in the Americas to Global Jet Capital, a provider of financing solutions for the private aircraft market. “We are excited to sell our... Read Story

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) announced that its railcar finance, leasing and fleet management business, First Union Rail, has signed an agreement to purchase GE Railcar Services from GE Capital. The transaction, which will add to the existing... Read Story

MidCap FinCo Limited (together with its subsidiaries "MidCap Financial"), in partnership with other Apollo managed funds and affiliates, announced that it has signed an agreement with Mubadala GE Capital (“MGEC”) to acquire substantially all of... Read Story

Element Financial announced that it has closed the acquisition of General Electric Capital Corporation’s (“GE Capital”) fleet management operations in Mexico and their fleet management operations in Australia and New Zealand doing business as Custom... Read Story

TAB Bank announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a $54 million trucking equipment loan portfolio from Crossroads Equipment Lease & Finance, LLC.  The portfolio acquired by TAB Bank will continue to be serviced by Crossroads... Read Story

Element Financial Corporation announced that it has closed the U.S.-based portion of the previously announced acquisition of the remaining North American fleet management operations of General Electric Capital Corporation and expects to close the... Read Story

GE announced that it has reached an agreement to sell $8.5 billion of healthcare-related loans and its Healthcare Financial Services (HFS) U.S. lending business to Capital One for approximately $9 billion. Separately, GE has signed an agreement with... Read Story

Advantage Funding, a leading provider of U.S. ground transportation financing and leasing solutions, announced today that the planned acquisition by Macquarie Group Limited officially closed July 31, 2015. Advantage Funding serves commercial and... Read Story

CIT Group announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of IMB Holdco LLC, the parent company of OneWest Bank N.A. (OneWest Bank) for approximately $3.4 billion in cash and stock. The transaction, first announced on July 22... Read Story

Wood Creek Capital Management, LLC (“Wood Creek”) announced it has completed the merger of Milestone Equipment Holdings (“Milestone”), US Trailer Holdings I and II (collectively, “USTH”) and Quest Capital Group (“Quest”). The merger adds... Read Story

GE announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell its U.S., Mexico, Australia and New Zealand fleet businesses to Element Financial Corporation for US$6.9 billion. Separately, GE has signed a memorandum of understanding for the potential... Read Story

Fifth Street Finance Corp. announced that its portfolio company, HFG Holdings, LLC ("Healthcare Finance Group" or "HFG"), a specialty lender providing asset-backed lending and term loan products to various segments of the healthcare industry, has... Read Story

Berkshire Hills Bancorp today the signing of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of privately held Firestone Financial Corp. as an operating subsidiary of Berkshire Bank.  Based in Needham, Massachusetts, Firestone is a longstanding commercial... Read Story

Macquarie Group Limited announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Advantage Funding Management Co., Inc (Advantage Funding) from Marubeni America Corporation. Under the agreement, Advantage Funding will become a fully owned... Read Story

CBank and Commercial Industrial Finance (CI Finance), of St. Louis, MO., announced their plans to enter into an agreement for CBank to acquire CI Finance, an equipment leasing and finance business with more than 30 years’ experience providing... Read Story

BlueLine Rental, a full-service equipment rental company, announced it has acquired Area Equipment LLC, a rental company in Cheasapeake, VA that serves customers in the industrial and non-residential construction markets. Terms of the transaction... Read Story

IronPlanet, a leading online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks (backed by Accel Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Caterpillar, Komatsu and Volvo) and Cat Auction Services (an alliance of Caterpillar and... Read Story

Gordon Brothers Group and AccuVal-LiquiTec announced today that Gordon Brothers Group’s Valuation & Advisory Services Division and AccuVal-LiquiTec have entered into a merger to form Gordon Brothers-AccuVal. The newly formed group will operate as a... Read Story

Huntington Bancshares completed its acquisition of Michigan-based Macquarie Equipment Finance, Inc. from its parent company, Sydney, Australia-based Macquarie Group Ltd. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to Huntington’s earnings in 2015.... Read Story

Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P. ("PTL") today announced that Tokyo-based Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui") has acquired a 20.0% limited partnership interest in PTL from General Electric Capital Corporation ("GECC"). Following Mitsui's investment, GECC... Read Story

Reuters reported that a consortium of private equity firm KKR & Co LP, alternative investment manager Varde Partners and Deutsche Bank has agreed to buy GE Capital's Australian and New Zealand consumer lending arm for A$8.2 billion ($6.26... Read Story

Wood Creek Capital Management, LLC announced it has completed the acquisition of the majority ownership of Milestone Equipment Holdings from Blackstone Tactical Opportunities.Milestone is a premier full-service transportation equipment lessor... Read Story

PacWest Bancorp and Square 1 Financial, Inc. today announced the signing of a definitive agreement and plan of merger (the "Agreement") whereby PacWest will acquire Square 1 in a transaction valued at approximately $849 million. The Square 1 lending... Read Story

Chesswood Group announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Blue Chip Leasing Corporation ("Blue Chip") and EcoHome Financial Inc. ("EcoHome").Blue Chip is a tenured, prime, small ticket equipment finance company serving brokers and... Read Story

Huntington Bancshares announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Huntington National Bank to purchase Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based Macquarie Equipment Finance, Inc. (MEF-US). With approximately $500 million of annual originations, MEF-US... Read Story

According to a press release from the California Reinvestment Coalition, California community advocates, along with the Daily Kos, delivered over 15,000 petitions to the Federal Reserve, setting a new record for the number of individuals opposing a... Read Story

Midland States Bancorp, Inc., parent of Midland States Bank, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Heartland Bank. Midland also announced that Heartland Bank will be merged into Midland States Bank in the first quarter of 2015.Prior to... Read Story

TVA Group, a subsidiary of Quebecor Media, announced that it has closed the acquisition of the assets of Vision Globale after obtaining Competition Bureau consent for the transaction.Vision Globale has distinguished itself in the film and television... Read Story

MicroFinancial Incorporated ("MicroFinancial" or the "Company") has entered into a definitive agreement with MF Parent LP ("Parent") and MF Merger Sub Corp. ("Purchaser"), each an affiliate of funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group... Read Story

UMB Financial Corporation, a $16.3 billion diversified financial holding company as of September 30, 2014, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., and the Pohlad family of Minneapolis, Minn., announced the execution of a definitive agreement for UMB to... Read Story

The Alta Group, a global consultancy specializing in the equipment leasing and financing industry, announced that its client, Baytree National Bank & Trust Co. of Lake Forest, Illinois, had sold its equipment leasing and financing assets and business... Read Story

BB&T Corporation and Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. announced today the signing of a definitive agreement under which BB&T will acquire Susquehanna in a cash and stock transaction for total consideration valued at approximately $2.5 billion. This... Read Story

The Alta Group announced that its client, National Machine Tool Financial Corporation of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, has been acquired by First Midwest Bank, the principal operating subsidiary of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc., of Itasca, Illinois. ... Read Story

Diversified Lenders, Inc. (DLI) announced that it has acquired American Business Finance, LLC (ABF) out of Edmond, Oklahoma.  Founded in 2003 by Dave Pendley, ABF is a privately owned accounts receivable financing source specializing in providing... Read Story

Crestmark announced that they have acquired TIP Capital’s equipment leasing and asset management business. The wholly owned subsidiary of Crestmark Bank is named Crestmark Equipment Finance, Inc., a Crestmark Bank Company; however during a transition... Read Story

Crestmark and TIP Capital announced that they have entered into an agreement for Crestmark to acquire TIP Capital’s equipment leasing and asset management business. The acquisition is scheduled to be completed in late September 2014, pending final... Read Story

CIT Bank, the U.S. commercial bank subsidiary of CIT Group Inc. announced that it has completed its acquisition of Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Direct Capital Corporation, a provider of financing to small and mid-sized businesses. “We are very... Read Story

CIT Group today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger with IMB Holdco LLC, the parent company of OneWest Bank N.A. (“OneWest Bank”), for $3.4 billion in cash and stock. OneWest Bank is a privately owned regional... Read Story

National Leasing Group Inc. (National Leasing)announced its acquisition of Norand Capital Ltd., operating as UMA Finance, a privately held commercial leasing company headquartered in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The acquisition, effective July 1, 2014... Read Story

ATEL Ventures Inc. (“ATEL”) announced that Silverpop, an ATEL Growth Capital portfolio company, was recently acquired by IBM. Silverpop was provided an equipment financing credit line by ATEL, in which the terms of the loan agreement stipulated that... Read Story

OneWorld Business Finance announced the recent acquisition of US Energy Capital. Jim Borland, President and founder of US Energy, will continue to be an integral part of daily operations for the near future. “We look forward to working with Jim and... Read Story

CIT Bank, the U.S. commercial bank subsidiary of CIT Group Inc. entered into an agreement to acquire Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Direct Capital Corporation, a provider of financing to small and mid-sized businesses. The transaction will expand... Read Story

Premier Trailer Leasing, a leading provider of trailer rental and leasing assets to the shipping and trucking industry, announced it has acquired certain assets of Trailer Fleet International, a leading provider of trailer rental and leasing services... Read Story

Element Financial Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of PHH Arval, PHH Corporation’s North American fleet management services business (the “Transaction”). Under the terms of the... Read Story