ACQUISITIONS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

ACQUISITIONS

NOTE 2 - ACQUISITIONS

Completed Acquisitions

On September 1, 2021, the Company closed its acquisition of Willamette, a valuation consulting and forensic analysis firm with offices in Chicago, Atlanta and Portland, Oregon.

On November 15, 2021, the Company closed its acquisition of JMP, a capital markets firm that provides investment banking services, including strategic advisory, equity research and sales and trading focused primarily on the healthcare, technology, financial services and real estate sectors.

The Company expects that some adjustments of the fair values assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed may subsequently be recorded, although any such adjustments are not expected to be material.

Pending Acquisitions

On May 26, 2021, CBNA entered into an agreement to acquire 80 East Coast branches and the national online deposit business from HSBC. The HSBC branch acquisition includes 66 locations in the New York City Metro area, 9 locations in the Mid-Atlantic/Washington D.C. area, and 5 locations in Southeast Florida. The acquisition closed on February 18, 2022.

On July 28, 2021, the Company entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger under which the Company will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Investors for a combination of stock and cash. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Investors shareholders will receive 0.297 of a share of the Company’s common stock and $1.46 in cash for each share of Investors they own. The acquisition of Investors builds our physical presence in the northeast with the addition of 154 branches located in the greater New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan areas and across New Jersey. The merger is expected to close in early second quarter 2022, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.