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EPISODE · Feb 17, 2026 · 42 MIN

The M&A shift: how banks move from risk management to revenue growth, with West Monroe's Brett Mastalli and Nate Porter

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Episode 94 of Banking Reinvented M&A is back in U.S. banking. The deals are getting done. The headlines are flowing.But here's what most banks get wrong: announcing the merger is the easy part. The real value gets created or destroyed in what happens next.In this episode, Tim Rutten sits down with Brett Mastalli, Senior Partner and Banking Practice Lead at West Monroe, and Nate Porter, Director specializing in M&A and Digital Banking, to explore why most bank integrations fail to capture their promised synergies, and what separates the winners from the ones that struggle for years.They discuss the four load-bearing pillars of integration excellence, the classic pitfalls that derail post-merger value creation, and how modern digital platforms are becoming the secret weapon for de-risking tech conversions while accelerating time to value.Explore how Backbase helps banks modernize their technology and accelerate M&A integration → Check out our content hub

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