Huntington Bancshares Incorporated reports recurring developments as a regional bank holding company built around The Huntington National Bank and related affiliates. Company news covers consumer and commercial banking, payments, wealth management, risk management products, quarterly earnings communications, and cash dividends on common and preferred stock.
Updates also include commercial banking expansion in U.S. markets, consumer banking partnerships, and activity from Capstone Partners, Huntington's middle-market investment banking subsidiary. Capstone-related news commonly addresses M&A advisory, debt and equity placement, restructuring, special situations, valuation and fairness opinions, and sector reports on middle-market transaction activity.
Huntington Bancshares (Nasdaq: HBAN) will release fourth quarter 2025 financial results before market open on Thursday, January 22, 2026. A news release and supporting financial data will be posted in the company's Investor Relations website at the time of release.
The company will host an earnings conference call and live webcast to review results at 9:00 a.m. ET on the same day; slides will be available with the webcast. Telephone dial-in numbers are provided and a replay will be archived online; a telephone replay will be available through Friday, January 30, 2026 using the same conference ID.
Cadence Bank (NYSE: CADE) and Huntington Bancshares (Nasdaq: HBAN) announced that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency approved the proposed merger of Cadence Bank into The Huntington National Bank.
All required regulatory approvals have been received. The companies said the merger is expected to close on February 1, 2026, subject to shareholder approvals and satisfaction or waiver of remaining customary closing conditions in the merger agreement.
Capstone Partners released its 2025 Middle Market Business Owners Survey based on responses from 401 privately owned U.S. middle market companies collected Aug 11–Oct 3, 2025.
Key findings: 92.5% of CEOs cite inflation as their top growth concern; 57.4% completed a capital markets transaction in the past 12 months; 53.9% received inbound private equity interest; 75.8% are prepared for an exit; 55.9% plan growth strategies next 12 months. Respondents reported expense cuts tied to tariffs (39.7%) and mixed views on the One Big Beautiful Bill (41.4% no impact, 36.7% negative, 21.9% positive).
Huntington Bancshares (Nasdaq: HBANM) announced a quarterly cash dividend on its 5.70% Series I Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock of $356.25 per share (equivalent to $0.35625 per depositary share).
The dividend is payable March 2, 2026 to holders of record on February 15, 2026.
Huntington Bancshares (Nasdaq: HBAN) reduced its prime rate from 7.00% to 6.75%, effective December 11, 2025.
The release notes the prior change on October 30, 2025, when the prime rate moved from 7.25% to 7.00%.
Huntington Bancshares (Nasdaq: HBAN) will present at the 2025 Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM ET.
Steve Steinour, chairman, president, and CEO, and Zach Wasserman, CFO, will discuss business trends, financial performance, and strategic initiatives. The presentation may include forward-looking statements.
Investors can listen via live audio webcast in the investor relations section at www.huntington-ir.com; a replay will be archived on the same site.
The Partner Companies (TPC) announced a strategic minority equity investment of $100+ million from Tensile Capital Management on Nov 18, 2025, completing a recent $300+ million capital raise together with a $200+ million syndicated credit facility led by Huntington Bank (HBAN).
The financing targets expansion of specialized manufacturing across TPC's 11 brands, supports organic growth, equipment and process technology upgrades, and pursuit of value-creating acquisitions. TPC cited five acquisitions since 2020, and Capstone Partners and Duane Morris advised TPC while Kirkland & Ellis advised Tensile.
Huntington Bancshares (Nasdaq: HBAN) announced its prime rate will decrease from 7.25% to 7.00%, effective October 30, 2025.
The release notes Huntington last changed the prime rate on September 18, 2025, when it decreased from 7.50% to 7.25%.
Huntington Bancshares (Nasdaq: HBAN) agreed to acquire Cadence Bank (CADE) in a 100% stock deal exchanging 2.475 HBAN shares per CADE share, implying $39.77 per Cadence share and an aggregate transaction value of $7.4 billion. Combined franchise will have $276 billion in assets and $220 billion in deposits, creating a top-10 U.S. bank with expanded footprint across Texas and the South. The deal is expected to close in Q1 2026, be 10% EPS accretive, mildly regulatory-capital dilutive at close, and 7% TBV dilutive with earn-back in three years.
Huntington Bank (NYSE:HBAN) launched the Treasury Management Connectivity Ecosystem on Oct. 23, 2025 to give business customers unified, API-first treasury tools that integrate banking, ERP and finance systems.
The platform supports 500+ interfaces and can process more than 10 million transaction events daily, delivering actionable cash visibility, automated reconciliations, richer embedded banking and AI-enabled transactional data for predictive forecasting and scenario planning.
Huntington highlights data integrity challenges—76% of finance professionals report poor data—and positions the ecosystem to reduce manual processes, improve transparency and support scalable growth.