M&T Bank announced this week that it will acquire Hudson City Bancorp for $3.7 billion. The jumbo lender will merge into a subsidiary of M&T. Hudson City was the 10th-ranked non-agency jumbo lender in 2011, according to Inside Nonconforming Markets, with an estimated $3.15 billion in such originations. Officials at M&T said they acquired Hudson – which was having difficulties funding its jumbo originations – to expand M&T’s retail branch network. Officials at Hudson City said M&T will help expand ... [Includes five briefs]