Davis Polk partner and Financial Institutions practice co-head Margaret Tahyar was quoted in American Banker discussing a potential increase in regional bank M&A activity. 

The article highlighted that bank CEOs may feel increasing pressure to find a merger partner in the coming months due to the need for scale and technology, as well as a desire to take advantage of the current administration’s favorable regulatory winds.

“The limited window of opportunity is the risk that we get another kind of administration in 2029, and they go back to the kind of behavior we were seeing during the early Biden era,” Margaret said, noting that at that time, large bank M&A deals were more closely scrutinized and took longer to be approved.

The window won’t “automatically slam shut, but it might get narrower” in 2029, she added.

“Regional bank M&A seems poised to accelerate, but when?,” American Banker (July 7, 2026) (subscription required)

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