M&A Deal Summary

QCR Holdings Acquires Guaranty Federal Bank

On November 9, 2021, QCR Holdings acquired financial services company Guaranty Federal Bank from Castle Creek Capital for 152M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is QCR Holdings’ 3rd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is QCR Holdings’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is QCR Holdings’ 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is QCR Holdings’ 1st transaction in Missouri.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-11-09
Target Guaranty Federal Bank
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) QCR Holdings
Sellers(s) Castle Creek Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 152M USD
Advisor(s) Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc. (Financial)
Sidley (Legal)

Target

Guaranty Federal Bank

Springfield, Missouri, United States
Guaranty Federal Bank is a bank holding company that provides financial services. Guaranty Federal Bank currently has 16 banking locations in Springfield, Joplin, Carthage, Ozark, Nixa, and Neosho, Missouri. Guaranty Federal Bank was founded in 1913 and is based in Springfield, Missouri.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

QCR Holdings

Moline, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Financial Services
Employees986
Revenue 343M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

QCR Holdings is a multi-bank holding company. QCR Holdings was founded in 1993 and is based in Moline, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector (Financial Services) 3 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
State (Missouri) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 3
Year (2021) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-22 Guaranty Bank and Trust

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

Guaranty Bank and Trust Co. is a provider of financial services. It has five banking locations and approximately $267 million in assets and approximately $213 million in deposits as of March 31, 2017.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Castle Creek Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 750M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Castle Creek Capital is a private investment firm that makes control investments in U.S.-based community banks with less than $10 billion of assets. The firm specializes in operating, recapitalizing and strategically refocusing US based banks. Castle Creek targets smaller, healthier banks that are under-performing or lack critical mass. Castle Creek offers the resources to then implement a roll-up acquisition program. Castle Creek Capital LLC was founded in 1992 and is based in Rancho Santa Fe, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 15
Sector (Financial Services) 15 of 15
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 7
State (Missouri) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 15 of 15
Year (2021) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-05-11 Sunflower Bank

Denver, Colorado, United States

FirstSun Capital Bancorp is the financial holding company for Sunflower Bank, which operates as Sunflower Bank, First National 1870 and Guardian Mortgage. Sunflower Bank provides a full range of relationship-focused services to meet personal, business and wealth management financial objectives, with a branch network in five states and mortgage capabilities in 43 states. Sunflower Bank is based in Denver, Colorado.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-08-11 Central Payments

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

Central Payments provides payments technology and issuing solutions for fintech and embedded finance businesses. The company’s Open*CP API Marketplace is a banking-as-a-service payments platform built for fintech bankers with issuing capability embedded. Open*CP’s vertical integration and its native-to-the-cloud technology are the drivers responsible for Central Payments’ rise to the fastest-growing prepaid card issuer since 2015*. The company also operates Falls Fintech, its startup fintech accelerator, and produces Fintech Brews & News, a podcast devoted to helping bridge the gap between banking, startups, and the entire fintech industry. Central Payments was founded in 2014 and is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. ​

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