Rick Childs of Crowe Horwath LLP shares his perspective on the results of the 2017 Bank M&A Survey.

If you are considering whether to buy another bank, consider your strategic options.

This article takes a look at M&A activity in 2016 with an eye toward how the environment could change in 2017.

Smaller community banks have been at the heart of America’s growth and prosperity for hundreds of years and are integral to their communities.

This article explains why high performing banks may not get the premium they might expect in a sale.

The U.S. banking market has witnessed a change in the "Texas premium."

Potential acquirers should continue to be mindful of their capital levels and how that may affect their ability to conduct a transaction.

In an unusual development, two Long Island-based banks call off their proposed merger.

Washington has taken a laissez-faire approach to consolidation for the past three decades, but when does that policy end?

According to survey research conducted by Bank Director, attractive markets and lending teams are the two factors that bank leadership teams value most in an acquisition target.