Spanish BBVA buys US Compass Bancshares bank for 9.6 bln dlrs
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BBVA bank, the second-biggest Spanish bank, said it has reached an agreement to buy Texas-based US bank Compass Bancshares for 9.6 billion US dollars (7.4 billion euros).
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BRUSSELS  - The European Union has cleared Banco Santander Central Hispano SA's acquisition of British rival Abbey National PLC.
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Spain&#39;s second-largest bank BBVA on Tuesday agreed to buy Texas-based financial services group Laredo National Bancshares for $850 million, driving further toward a long-standing goal to build up a US presence.
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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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Dutch retailer Ahold (AHLN.AS: Quote, Profile, Research) has sold its network of almost 600 Spanish retail stores to private equity group Permira in a deal valued
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Bear Stearns Cos. (BSC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said its asset management arm agreed to buy Cigna Corp.&#39;s (CI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) TimesSquare Capital Management Inc.
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Spain's second-biggest bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) on Monday announced it was setting up a private equity fund for US-based Latinos.
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Australian property group Investa agrees to be bought by US investment giant Morgan Stanley for $3.9bn.
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Spanish bank Banco Santander Central   Hispano SAN.MC will pay $651 million to buy a 90 percent   stake in U.S. auto financing company Drive Financial Services,   it said on Monday.
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Spain's second largest bank, BBVA, reported a 19.5 percent gain in third quarter net earnings Wednesday to 1.339 billion euros (1.9 billion dollars) compared with the same period last year despite a rise in credit risk.
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Financial group ING has agreed to sell Baring Asset Management to US groups MassMutual and Northern Trust and says it will make a net gain of 250 million euros (176 million pounds) on the deal.
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The German savings bank federation DSGV on Friday bought the regional Landesbank Berlin (LBB) for 4.62 billion euros (6.1 billion dollars), ending years of uncertainty over its future.
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LONDON, August 24 (New Ratings) - The Spanish banking giant, Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSD2.FSE), has expressed its commitment to its Â£8.
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The second-largest bank in Spain Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA reported on Monday its nine-month results being in line as earlier estimated.
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire  Hathaway Inc(BRKa.N)(BRKb.N), in its second acquisition this  week, agreed to buy the NRG NV reinsurance unit of ING Group NV   for about 300 million euros ($441 million).
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Banco Santander Central Hispano, SpainÂs biggest bank, agreed to buy 90 percent of Drive Financial Services of Dallas for $651 million, gaining a presence in 35 states with what is its first consumer finance move into the United States. The bank will buy the unit from HBOS, a British mortgage lender, and the management of Drive Financial. Santander will also pay as much as $175 million to some of Drive FinancialÂs management if the company meets goals in the next two years. Drive Financial offers financial services through 10,000 car dealers and had $2.4 billion of loans in August.
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The Danske Bank Group has signed an agreement with National Australia Bank to purchase Northern Bank (www.nbonline.co.uk) in Northern Ireland and National Irish Bank (www.