HSBC says to buy Taiwan's The Chinese Bank
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Global bank HSBC Holdings  has won a government auction for Taiwan's The Chinese Bank Co Ltd, which had gross assets of approximately US$3.1 billion at September 30, it said in a statement on Friday.
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Chinese regulators expect Citigroup  , HSBC Holdings (0005.HK) and two others to become  the first foreign banks to issue local-currency debit cards to  consumers in the world&#39;s fourth-largest economy, a senior  banking regulator said on Thursday.
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SEOUL: HSBC Holdings is expected to be named the preferred bidder to buy South Korea&#39;s eighth-largest lender Korea First Bank, a source at the Korean bank familiar with the deal said yesterday.
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SYDNEY: Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd. said yesterday it was in advanced talks to buy a strategic stake in China&#39;s Jinan City Commercial Bank, based in Shandong Province.
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Bank of America Corp.  on Monday said it will buy Charles Schwab Corp.'s  U.S. Trust Corp. unit for $3.3 billion to expand in the lucrative business of managing money for the rich.
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HONG KONG HSBC Holdings and Standard Chartered have received licenses to conduct local-currency business with Chinese companies in Beijing, the first overseas banks to gain greater access to the nation&#39;s capital.
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IBM Corp. said Wednesday it is buying an Irish-based financial outsourcing firm, Equitant Ltd., as part of its transition from a computer-maker to a provider of financial outsourcing expertise.
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British bank HSBC (HSBA.L: Quote, Profile, Research) is interested in buying the $3 billion store and credit card operations of US retailer Federated Department Stores Inc.
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia said it may buy 11 percent of Jinan City Commercial Bank, the first such purchase by an Australian lender in China, the fastest- growing among the world&#39;s 20 biggest economies.
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KeyCorp , a large Midwest U.S. bank, on Friday said it agreed to sell its Champion Mortgage subprime lending unit to Britain's HSBC Holdings Plc   and investment firm Fortress Investment Group LLC, so it can focus on consumer and business banking.
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TORONTO (CP) - TD Bank confirmed Thursday it will buy mid-sized New England retail bank Banknorth for $3.8 billion US in a cash-and-shares deal.
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Morgan Stanley  said on Monday it has acquired China's Nan Tung Bank, a deal that would give the Wall Street giant a coveted onshore commercial banking license in China ahead of U.S. investment bank rivals.
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China's biggest bank is buying a 20% stake in South Africa's largest lender for $5.5bn.
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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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UBS said Tuesday that it would buy Charles Schwab&#39;s market making, research and institutional trading unit for $265 million in cash.
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Major foreign banks have for the first time acquired a stake in a German public-sector regional bank, in this case the HSH Nordbank, the Financial Times Deutschland reported.
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Danske Bank on Tuesday said it agreed to buy two Irish banks from the National Australia Bank for 967 million pounds ($1.93 billion) in cash.