2018’S Fourth Quarter Bank M&A Activity Slips Slightly, While Yearly Totals Rose from 2017
Summary
Derived from data provided by the Federal Reserve System , the research quantifies all U.S. bank M&A activity closing in 2018. Continued market growth at this rate would lead to M&A activity potentially returning to the numbers seen in 2015 (349 deals closed) in the next 3 to 5 years. Based on these trends, and without attempting to identify how any market decline in the financial sector will impact M&A activity, this would point to between 250 and 295 bank acquisitions to be announced in 2019. Thankfully, low interest rates and the tax cuts have contributed to a healthy M&A market producing high valuations for exiting business owners the last few years. ILS’s success is focused on 3 key areas; customer service, the business (or conversion) process, and the latest technology to migrate legacy systems quickly with minimal disruption to the client’s production environment.