January 21, 2026
Luse Gorman, PC is once again a top legal advisor in the nation for bank mergers, based on number of transactions, as reported by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The firm served as counsel for 22 bank merger transactions in 2025, covering a broad spectrum of deal types and structures, both on the buy and the sell side. The aggregate deal consideration for our 2025 merger transactions was over $1.6 billion, and it is the 2nd year in a row that Luse Gorman has at least 20 merger transactions during the year, the only law firm to record that achievement.
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January 20, 2026
On January 5, 2026, Zeal Credit Union, Livonia, Michigan, announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets and assume substantially all the liabilities of The Miners State Bank, Iron River, Michigan, the wholly-owned subsidiary of MSB Bankshares, Inc.
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January 16, 2026
On January 1, 2026, Zeal Credit Union, Livonia, Michigan, completed its purchase of substantially all assets and the assumption of substantially all liabilities of Gogebic Range Bank, Ironwood, Michigan, the wholly-owned subsidiary of West End Financial Corp. Following the completion of the transaction, Zeal Credit Union had over $1.0 billion in assets and 17 branch locations.
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January 15, 2026
On January 14, 2026, Community Bank, N.A. (“Community Bank”), a subsidiary of Community Financial System, Inc., entered into an agreement to acquire ClearPoint Federal Bank & Trust (“ClearPoint”) in an all-cash transaction valued at $40 million, subject to a potential purchase price adjustment.
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January 13, 2026
Today we published Volume 25 of The Bankers’ Bulletin, which provides our insights into key banking industry developments from December 2025, including:
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