Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (NasdaqGS:DCOM) is looking for M&A. Stuart Lubow, President and CEO said during the Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call, "Obviously, M&A has -- the talk about M&A has certainly picked up. There's still issues with marks and the balance sheets that are out there. I mean, certainly, for the right transaction, we're certainly interested.

And would explore opportunities. So I do think, over time, and particularly in the next several years, there's going to be much more activity in the M&A space. And once the Fed kind of levels out and has a direction, I think there's going to be much more discussion out there.

And certainly, given where we are in the marketplace and the strength of our balance sheet, I think there's certainly going to be an opportunity for us".