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OceanFirst to buy Flushing Financial, raise $225M from Warburg Pincus

Commercial banking, M&A, Strategic planning /

Key insight: The deal is expected to create a $23 billion-asset company with operations focused around New Jersey and New York. What’s at stake: OceanFirst is vowing to reduce its commercial real-estate concentration, which was already hefty and will grow larger following the completion of the Flushing transaction. Forward look: Warburg Pincus will make a […]

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Fifth Third’s Comerica deal: ‘The biggest thing we’ve ever done’

Comerica Bank, Commercial banking, Fifth Third Bancorp, M&A, Strategic planning /

Key Insight: The deal marks the largest bank acquisition announcement of 2025, and Fifth Third’s first since 2019. What’s at Stake: Comerica had been facing calls from an activist investor to sell itself for months, though CEO Curt Farmer said that the external pressure wasn’t a factor.  Supporting Data: When completed, the deal will create

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