The emergence of Synovus Financial Corp, a regional bank based in Georgia, as a buyer for Cabela’s credit card business could remove a remaining impediment to the long-delayed merger. The terms of the deal reportedly call for Synovus to acquire the $5.5 billion World’s Foremost Bank from Cabela’s, strip out the approximately $1 billion in deposits held by the bank, and sell the remaining credit-card portfolio to Capital One. Given Synovus’ relatively small size and lack of Capital One’s baggage, regulatory approval should be easy to achieve.

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