Barclays looks to buy Absa stake
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UK lender Barclays is in talks with South Africa&#39;s Absa about buying a majority stake in the bank. The move would &quot;immediately&quot; boost earnings and profit, and &quot;enhance the bank&#39;s existing successful African operations&quot;, Barclays said.
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Britain&#39;s Barclays  has raised  its offer for ABN AMRO  to 67.5 billion euros ($93  billion) and included 37 percent in cash as it seeks to regain  the initiative in the world&#39;s biggest bank takeover battle.
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Barclays, the third-biggest British bank, said that talks to buy a majority stake in South African banking group Absa were progressing well and it hoped to make an announcement soon.
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BARCLAYS has started talks with Absa, South Africaâs largest retail bank, in one of its first moves under the leadership of John Varley.
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Dutch bank ABN AMRO can go ahead with its $21 billion sale of U.S. subsidiary LaSalle Bank to Bank of America, the Dutch Supreme Court said on Friday, boosting the chance that Barclays could succeed in its all-share bid to buy ABN for 64 billion euros ($88 billion).
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Barclays is close to raising some Â£10bn from China and Singapore to back its takeover of a Dutch bank.
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Shares in Barclays Bank have surged 4% on speculation it may receive a takeover bid from Bank of America.
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Barclays&#39; share price rose on Friday after Britain&#39;s third biggest bank denied it is facing liquidity problems despite being forced to borrow 1.6 billion pounds (2.4 billion euros, 3.2 billion dollars) from the Bank of England.
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China&#39;s huge investment in Barclays Bank is part of the cashed-up Asian giant&#39;s plan to spend big on foreign assets around the world and deepen its global commercial influence, analysts said Tuesday.
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Barclays raises its offer for the Dutch bank ABN Amro, after getting Chinese and Singaporean loans.
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Barclays Bank wins the backing of most of its investors to go ahead with its takeover of Dutch rival ABN Amro.
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Asia focused bank Standard Chartered is eyeing Absa, after Barclays said it was in talks with South Africa&#39;s biggest bank, the Times has reported.
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Barclays Bank  is confident  of winning the bid battle for Dutch bank ABN AMRO NV  , a senior Barclays executive said on Tuesday.
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Barclays PLC , attempting to wrest ABN Amro Holding NV from a competing offer by Royal Bank of Scotland Group, raised its bid to $93.4 billion after lining up investments from China and Singapore.
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Barclays is close to raising enough  finance to carry out its attempted takeover of the Dutch bank, ABN.
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Unions seek assurances on jobs in the event of a Barclays' takeover of Dutch bank ABN Amro.
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Britain&#39;s Barclays signaled a return to retail banking in South Africa after 18 years&#39; absence, saying it was in talks to buy a majority of the country&#39;s biggest retail lender Absa.