Offer Dilemma - Citizens or KeyBanc

I received 2 offers for SA. Citizens is more of an M&A focused group that's in a very niche sector and in a worse location, while KeyBanc is in a better location and in a group that's definitely seen as more "sexy" but works across multiple products and doesn't focus as much on M&A which I don't like. I was wondering based on the brand name alone, which bank is better, and based on what I described above, which offer would you accept?

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Keybanc imo.  M&A focus is a huge plus - could easily lateral to better location/bank, if internal transfer to preferred location isn't doable after a year or so on desk, which should still be an option.

 

Yea I was just confused because I saw that Citizens is on Vault (50th spot lol), but KeyBanc isn’t. Not sure how accurate that is, but as you said, it’s definitely group dependent.

 

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