Bank Agrees to Buy Troubled Loan Giant for $4 Billion
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The deal will significantly bolster Bank of Americaâs position in the mortgage market while rescuing Countrywide from the jaws of possible bankruptcy.
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Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co.  , a struggling subprime mortgage lender, has agreed to  be acquired by private equity firm Lone Star for $400 million,  the companies said on Monday.
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China has agreed to pump $5 billion into Morgan Stanley as the U.S. investment bank reported a stunning fourth-quarter loss fueled by $9.4 billion in write-downs in subprime mortgages and other assets.
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The Bank of England has offered an emergency loan to Northern Rock after the mortgage lender became the biggest British casualty so far of the credit squeeze sparked by the crisis in U.S. subprime mortgage markets.
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Bank of America Corp.  said on Monday it completed its $3.3 billion purchase of the U.S. Trust business from Charles Schwab Corp. , and is defying analyst concern that it would have trouble retaining many of U.S. Trust's ultra-wealthy clients.
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Bank of America has agreed to buy troubled Countrywide Financial Corp. for $4 billion, rescuing the nation's largest mortgage lender from possible bankruptcy and adding to a financial industry shakeout that has rattled global markets.
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TORONTO - Bank of Montreal and its US subsidiary, Harris Bank, said Wednesday it will pay $197.4 million to purchase privately held Mercantile Bancorp Inc.
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Tokyo-based Shinsei Bank is wrapping up an agreement to buy a consumer credit company from UFJ Holdings, a Japanese banking group that is set to merge with another "Big Four" Japanese financial group.
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Merrill Lynch &amp; Co., in its biggest acquisition in almost 10 years, agreed to buy First Republic Bank for $1.8 billion to gain clients with an average net worth of $20 million.
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NEW YORK : Citigroup, the world&#39;s biggest financial firm, said it has agreed to buy Texas-based First American Bank for an undisclosed sum.
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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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Bank of America Corp. said Friday it has agreed to buy Countrywide Financial for $4 billion in stock, a deal that both rescues the country's largest mortgage lender and expands the financial services empire of the nation's largest consumer bank
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The company said the move was part of its ongoing integration of FleetBoston Financial, which it bought last year. Bank of America, the largest retail bank in the US, said the cuts would not violate any job
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Bank of America Corp  said on Friday it would buy battered mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp  for $4 billion, a move that could avert one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing crisis.
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The nation's fourth-largest bank plans to shore up $3.5 billion
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Bank of America Corp said on Friday it would buy battered mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp for $4 billion, a move that could avert one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing crisis.
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HSBC Holdings , Europe's biggest bank, is acquiring The Chinese Bank Co. in Taiwan and will provide it with additional capital of between $300 million and $400 million, it said on Friday.