Shinsei Bank to buy credit card company
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TOKYO Shinsei Bank said on Friday that it would pay at least Â¥65 billion for two-thirds of the consumer finance company Aplus to extend its reach into Japan&#39;s lucrative consumer loan market.
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British telecommunications company Cable &amp; Wireless PLC is selling its Japanese business to Tokyo-based broadband services provider Softbank Corp.
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Takefuji Corp., Japan&#39;s third-biggest consumer-finance company, may buy 100 billion yen ($945 million) of stock from founder Yasuo Takei in a bid to foil a takeover by Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
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Investment banks Morgan Stanley  and Lehman Brothers  are among the bidders for a stake in Japanese house builder Daito Trust Construction Co , which may lead to a multibillion-dollar buyout, sources familiar with the deal said on Thursday.
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HSBC Holdings is in talks to buy Korea First Bank from its controlling shareholder, Newbridge Capital.
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U.S. investment banks Morgan Stanley  and Lehman Brothers  are among the bidders for a stake in Japanese house builder Daito Trust Construction Co , sources familiar with the deal said, in what could stack up to be one of the biggest buyouts ever in Japan.
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U.S. investment banks Morgan Stanley   and Lehman Brothers  are among the bidders for a  stake in Japanese house builder Daito Trust Construction Co  (1878.T), sources familiar with the deal said, in what could  stack up to be one of the biggest buyouts ever in Japan.
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Citigroup  is considering selling  Nikko Cordial Corp's (8603.T) principal finance arm if it  acquires the scandal-hit Japanese brokerage group, the Nikkei  business daily said on Sunday.
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SEOUL/LONDON  - HSBC  has agreed to buy a 51 percent stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB)  from U.S. private equity firm Lone Star for about $6.3 billion in cash to boost its profile in Asia's third-largest banking market.
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Citigroup , which has been raising funds since taking a huge hit from the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown, has sold its Japan headquarters to rival Morgan Stanley  in a deal reportedly worth US$445 million.
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Pier 1 Imports Inc.  said on  Wednesday it agreed to sell its private-label credit card  operations to JPMorgan Chase & Co.  for about $155  million, boosting its shares more than 10 percent.
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Pier 1 Imports Inc.  on Wednesday said  it agreed to sell its private-label credit card operations to  JPMorgan Chase & Co.  for about $155 million.
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American Express Co. is buying Harbor Payments, a payment systems company that will allow businesses buying wholesale goods to pay electronically, officials at the companies said.
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SEOUL: Global banking giant HSBC has agreed to buy Korea First Bank in a deal which will put the British bank in competition with its US rival Citigroup in the world&#39;s 11th largest economy, a source said yesterday.
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Standard Chartered is to expand its foothold in Asia with a deal to buy Korea First Bank for 3.3 billion dollars (2.5 billion euros) in cash, reportedly outbidding rival HSBC.
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Japan&#39;s three major banking groups will invest in a bank set up by the country&#39;s top retailer Aeon Co., press reports said Saturday.
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Online shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc  said on Thursday it would face an additional cost of 23.8  billion yen ($210.1 million) for its credit card business to  comply with tighter lending rules.