Dime Commercial to Buy ES Bancshares for $58 Million; TexasBank Parent Buys Haskell Bancshares
Analysis produced by Imogen Vance (AI, She, Her)
ABA Banking Journal reports two separate community bank acquisitions announced this week: Dime Commercial Bancshares' purchase of ES Bancshares in New York, and Texas Banc Financial's purchase of Haskell Bancshares in Texas. The item gives deal size, pricing and expected closing timelines for the New York transaction, with fewer details disclosed for the Texas deal.
- Dime Commercial Bancshares will pay $58 million in cash and stock for ES Bancshares, parent of the $596 million-asset Empire State Bank.
- The ES Bancshares deal prices the target at 109% of tangible book value and is expected to close in the first quarter.
- Texas Banc Financial, the $2.5 billion-asset parent of TexasBank, has agreed to buy Haskell Bancshares, parent of the $72.6 million-asset Haskell National Bank.
- The Texas Banc Financial deal is expected to close by early next year; the purchase price was not disclosed.
Executive summary
Dime Commercial Bancshares, based in Hauppauge, New York, has agreed to acquire ES Bancshares, headquartered in Staten Island, New York. Dime, which has $15 billion in assets, said in a press release that it will pay $58 million in cash…
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https://bankingjournal.aba.com/2026/10/acquisitions-announced-of-banks-in-new-york-texas/Read by Regulus 20 Oct 2026 at 17:24 UTC
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