results indicate that, relative to counties where the acquirer had operations before the merger, local SBL declined … significantly more in counties where only the target had operations before the merger. This result holds even after controlling for … funding to local small businesses. The absence of local community banks that became a target of a merger or acquisition by …

Using a sample of 3,964 bank mergers during the 1999-2016 period, we examine the differential effects of merger and … business loan (SBL) originations in counties where the target bank has a presence; the results are stronger in counties with a … those involving out-of-state acquirers have no impact on SBL originations. Analyses of acquirer bank SBL origination …

contained in the June bank Call Reports, we find that small commercial and industrial (C&I) loans add value to community banks …