M&A Deal Summary

First Bank Acquires GrandSouth Bank

On June 21, 2022, First Bank acquired financial services company GrandSouth Bank for 181M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is First Bank’s 13th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is First Bank’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is First Bank’s 12th transaction in the United States.
  • This is First Bank’s 1st transaction in South Carolina.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-06-21
Target GrandSouth Bank
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) First Bank
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 181M USD
Advisor(s) Piper Sandler & Co. (Financial)
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough (Legal)

Target

GrandSouth Bank

Greenville, South Carolina, United States
GrandSouth Bank is a South Carolina state bank that offers a full array of commercial bank services. Deposit services include business and personal checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, various term certificates of deposit, IRA accounts, and other deposit services. GrandSouth Bank was formed in 1998 and is based in Greenville.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

First Bank

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Category Company
Founded 1948
Sector Financial Services
Employees3,113
Revenue 905M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

First Bank is a financial holding company offering commercial banking, residential mortgage loan, finance lease, personal loan, small loan, auto loan, insurance, and broker dealer products and services to retail, commercial, and institutional customers primarily in Puerto Rico, and to a lesser extent in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Florida. First Bank was incorporated in 1948 and is based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 14
Sector: Financial Services M&A 13 of 13
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 7
State: South Carolina M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 12 of 12
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-21 Banco Santander S.A. - Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Banco Santander Puerto Rico operates as a bank and offers checking and savings accounts, credit cards, insurance, annuities, payments, collection, deposits, loans, and other banking services. Banco Santander Puerto Rico serves customers in Puerto Rico.

Buy $63M