Columbia Financial completes second-step conversion and $1.7 billion stock offering, closes $580 million Northfield deal
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Columbia Financial completed its second-step mutual holding company conversion alongside a $1.7B stock offering and the $580M acquisition of Northfield Bancorp, creating a larger regional community bank with pro forma assets of $18B. The event is largely idiosyncratic, increasing sector-specific liquidity and potential index inclusion effects, but it has limited read-through for broader macro conditions or crypto markets in the near term.
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Columbia Financial (CLBK) said it completed its second-step conversion and a $1.7 billion stock offering on July 20, 2026, and simultaneously closed its $580 million acquisition of Northfield Bancorp. After the transactions, the company reported total assets of $18.0 billion, deposits of $12.5 billion and loans of $11.9 billion, with more than 100 branches across New Jersey and in Staten Island and Brooklyn, New York. Columbia Financial shares are set to begin trading on Nasdaq on July 21 under the ticker CLBK.
