We identify 72 bank Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As), in which US banks acquired other financial institutions. We focus on the role of timing at M&A in the context of boom phase and financial crisis. Applying event study methodology, we examine: value generation to bank shareholders; value...

The number of institutions in the US banking industry has decreased from around 14,000 in the 1980s to fewer than 7,000 presently. Any change in the number of banks must be due to the formation of new banks, mergers among existing banks, and the failure of existing banks. Over the years from the...

The recent decline in the Federal Reserve's check volumes has received a lot of attention. Although switching to electronic payments methods and electronic checkprocessing has been credited for much of that decline, some of it could be caused by changes following bank mergers involving Federal...