Keeping Banking Competitive: Evaluating Proposed Bank Mergers and Acquisitions

Nisreen Darwish

Chicago Fed Letter, 2014, issue May, No 322

Abstract: All bank mergers and acquisitions (M&A) require the approval of regulators. This article describes the methods used by the Federal Reserve to evaluate whether a bank merger or acquisition is acceptable under federal antitrust laws and its Board of Governors? bank competition policy.

Keywords: Mergers and acquisitions; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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