“Fifth Third Bancorp will buy Chicago-based MB Financial Bank for $4.7 billion, the banks announced Monday. The merger will create the fourth-largest Chicago bank in total deposits with a 6.5 percent market share and give the combined company 20 percent of the city’s “middle-market” commercial banking relationships. MB branches will take the Fifth Third Bank name.”
Fifth Third to buy MB Financial for $4.7 billion
Chicago Tribune
