Bank News: Nano bank fails, Valley buys Bluevine, Amerant, Mission Lane, Peoples, & IPO success!
Bank News: Nano Bank becomes the 6th bank failure of 2026. Valley National Bank to purchase Bluevine for approximately $340M. Peoples Bancorp is cleared by the Fed to complete their purchase of Citizens National Corp and quickly announced their second purchase of 2026 with Capital Bancorp. Gulf Winds credit union makes their second purchase of a bank in the last month with an agreement to buy Alabama’s Peoples Exchange Bank. First National of Nebraska completed their purchase of Blue Ridge Bank and Trust Co. Bank7 is set to complete their purchase of Century Financial. WaFd will go over $50B…
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