When MidSouth Bank announced at the end of April it was merging into Hancock Whitney in a stock-for-stock transaction, few in Baton Rouge’s banking community were surprised. The deal, expected to close late in the third quarter, is effectively an acquisition of the smaller, Lafayette-based MidSouth by the larger Hancock Whitney, which will walk out
Baton Rouge banks ride the consolidation wave
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