Bank of America wins Fed OK of LaSalle purchase
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Bank of America Corp  on Friday won approval from the U.S. Federal Reserve for its $21 billion acquisition of LaSalle Bank Corp from Dutch bank ABN AMRO Holding NV .
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Capital One Financial Corp.  said on Friday it completed its $13.2 billion purchase of North Fork Bancorp Inc., becoming the 11th-largest U.S. banking company and third-largest retail bank by deposits in the New York metropolitan area.
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Bank of America said Friday it would purchase embattled mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. for $4 billion in an all-stock transaction.
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Shareholders of Spain's largest bank, Banco Santander Central, approved the 8.5-billion-pound (12.3-billion-euro, 15.3-billion-dollar) takeover of British mortgage bank Abbey National.
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The Dutch Supreme Court rules that ABN Amro's sale of its LaSalle unit to Bank of America is lawful.
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Bank of America Corp , the second-largest U.S. bank, is in advanced talks to buy Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Capital One Financial Corp.   said on Friday it completed its $13.2 billion purchase of North  Fork Bancorp Inc., becoming the 11th-largest U.S. banking  company and third-largest retail bank by deposits in the New  York metropolitan area.
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Spain's BBVA has reached an agreement to acquire privately held Texan bank Laredo National Bancshares (LNB) for $850 million as part of the Spanish financial group's expansion into the United States, BBVA said ...
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Wall Street stocks rebounded on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve revealed a number of measures designed to alleviate money market funding pressures.
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Bank of America Corp.  on Monday said it will buy Charles Schwab Corp.'s  U.S. Trust Corp. unit for $3.3 billion to expand in the lucrative business of managing money for the rich.
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Bank of America Corp  said it  will lay off about 2,500 workers in Illinois and 1,500 in  Michigan over the next two years in connection with its $21  billion purchase of LaSalle Bank Corp from Dutch bank ABN AMRO  Holding NV .
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Bank of America Corp. , the No. 3 U.S. bank, on Tuesday said fourth-quarter profit rose 41 percent, helped by growth in consumer banking fees and its purchase of FleetBoston Financial Corp.
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The deal rescues Countrywide, Americaâs largest mortgage lender and expands the financial services empire of Bank of America, the nationâs largest consumer bank.
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The huge loss for Countrywide Financial Corporation was not expected to hinder its $4.1 billion takeover by the Bank of America.
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The Fed makes billions of dollars available to banks in an auction in a bid to ease credit-crunch concerns.
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Investor's Business Daily - The central bank auctioned funds to commercial banks at a 3.123% interest rate, the lowest of the 4 TAF auctions that started in Dec. That's not surprising given big Fed rate cuts. Demand was light ahead of the Fed's Wed. policy decision. Chairman Ben Bernanke has said the Fed will hold the auctions as long as needed. Analysts say the auctions have eased bank liquidity fears and high money rates by getting cash to the banks that need them.
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Bank of America agrees to buy mortgage firm Countrywide Financial, which has been hit by the credit crisis.