StanChart buys American Express Bank for $860 million
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Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered Plc  said on Tuesday it is buying American Express Bank (AEB) for about $860 million to help "turbo charge" the growth of its recently launched private banking business.
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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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NEW YORK -- To better adapt to the electronic trading trend, Citigroup Inc. yesterday said it is buying Automated Trading Desk for about $680 million in cash and stock.
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NYSE Euronext  said on Thursday  it agreed to acquire the American Stock Exchange (Amex) for  $260 million in stock to boost its business in options,  exchange traded funds and cash products.
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Shares in American Express surge more than 8% after it says it is to spin off a less profitable subsidiary.
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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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Toronto-Dominion Bank has sealed its $3.8-billion (US) deal for Banknorth Group Inc., an acquisition meant to set the stage for rapid US expansion and make TD a more attractive
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American Express Co. AXP.N said on  Monday fourth-quarter profit rose 17 percent, driven by strong  holiday and travel-related sales, as well as gains in its asset  management business.
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Financial services giant American Express Co. said yesterday it will spin off its financial advisory business so it can focus on the faster-growing charge and credit card, payments processing, and travel businesses. Its shares rose more than 6 percent.
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Experian, Nottingham, United Kingdom, a global information solutions company, said yesterday that it acquired QAS Ltd., London, for $189 million, which includes $28.5 million of cash reserves.
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American Express AXP.N on Monday  said quarterly earnings rose 14 percent, matching analysts'  expectations, as cardholder spending and borrowing increased  while loan losses fell.
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American Express (AXP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday said it expects to record a fourth-quarter pretax charge of up to $120 million and cut 2,000 jobs related primarily to a restructuring of its business travel unit and the
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DOW Jones has agreed to buy online financial information provider Marketwatch Inc for $US519 million ($674.9 million) in cash, or $US18 ($23.
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American Express Co. AXP.N said on  Monday quarterly earnings rose 14 percent, matching analysts'  expectations, on record cardholder spending, increased card  borrowing and lower loan losses.
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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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NYSE Euronext  said on Thursday it agreed to acquire the American Stock Exchange (Amex) for $260 million in stock to boost its business in options, exchange traded funds and cash products.
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Beacon Capital Partners LLC, which had sold most of its Boston-area real estate, is jumping back in as a buyer despite record high prices for commercial properties, agreeing to acquire half of One Financial Center for a reported $390 million.