This Regional Bank Used One Deal to Pave the Way for a Much Bigger One

This Regional Bank Used One Deal to Pave the Way for a Much Bigger One·Motley Fool
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Over the last two months, Citizens Financial Group (NYSE: CFG) has been opportunistic on the acquisition front, making not one, but two significant depository purchases. First, Citizens announced it was buying 80 branches from HSBC Holdings. Then the bank wheeled around and acquired the $27-billion-asset Investors Bancorp, based in New Jersey, its largest acquisition since Citizens spun off from the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2015.

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