Wells Fargo and Citigroup have room to buy a big bank. These 5 regionals fit the bill

Wells Fargo and Citigroup have room to buy a big bank. These 5 regionals fit the bill

Citigroup and Wells Fargo have room to buy a big regional bank as regulators have opened the door to megadeals. Five regional banks make sense as targets.

Wells Fargo and Citigroup have room to buy a big bank; 5 regionals fit the bill

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Five Regional Banks Are on the Block. Analysts Argue Wells Fargo and Citigroup Have No Good Reason to Wait

The last great wave of American bank consolidation happened before most of today’s portfolio managers were trading. The era that followed — regulatory restraint, antitrust suspicion, and a political climate hostile to anything that smelled like “too big to fail” — kept the industry map largely frozen for a decade. That restraint is now lifting. Regulators under the Trump administration have signaled an openness to banking megadeals that would ha…