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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HSBC (0005.HK), Europe's biggest bank,  said on Monday it expected to remain profitable in Taiwan in  2008, as its acquisition of a local rival will help it access  more clients in Asia's third-largest wealth management market.
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Standard Chartered is to expand its foothold in Asia with a deal to buy Korea First Bank for 3.3 billion dollars (2.5 billion euros) in cash, reportedly outbidding rival HSBC.
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HSBC Holdings is in talks to buy Korea First Bank from controlling shareholder Newbridge Capital, a senior South Korean official says, in a deal reportedly worth up to $3.
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Bank of Montreal, Canada&#39;s fifth largest bank, said Wednesday it plans to buy privately held Mercantile Bancorp Inc., as well as the stock of Lake Commercial Corp.
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TAIPEI/HONG KONG  - HSBC  will receive T$47.5 billion (US$1.5 billion) in Taiwan government funds and make a major cash infusion to rescue the failed Chinese Bank, in the latest Taiwan acquisition by a major foreign bank.
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UBS AG, the world&#39;s largest money manager for the rich, agreed to buy Charles Schwab Corp.&#39;s market making, research and institutional trading unit for $265 million in cash, giving it the No.
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HSBC Holdings is in talks to buy Korea First Bank from its controlling shareholder, Newbridge Capital.
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SHANGHAI/BEIJING  - Barclays  has won regulatory approval to buy into a Chinese trust company, securing a foothold in the country's fast-growing asset management sector, two sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.
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Chinese regulators expect Citigroup , HSBC Holdings  and two others to become the first foreign banks to issue local-currency debit cards to consumers in the world's fourth-largest economy, a senior banking regulator said on Thursday.
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China&#39;s banking regulator said it will provide &quot;active consideration and prior approval&quot; for overseas banks wanting to buy stakes in lenders based in the country&#39;s northeast.
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Citigroup will buy Taiwan's Bank of  Overseas Chinese (BOOC) "very soon," an executive of the Taiwan  lender said on Thursday, in a deal media said would be worth  US$425 million.
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Barclays raises its offer for the Dutch bank ABN Amro, after getting Chinese and Singaporean loans.
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The bank said it would sell a $5 billion stake to Chinaâs sovereign wealth fund as it posted a loss after taking a new $5.7 billion write-down related to mortgages.
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Commonwealth Bank hopes to unlock the door to China&#39;s burgeoning banking market with plans for a $25 million investment in one of the country&#39;s largest city commercial banks.
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Morgan Stanley  said on Monday it has acquired China's Nan Tung Bank, a deal that would give the U.S. investment bank a coveted onshore commercial banking license in China ahead of its international rivals.
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ExcelStor, owned by the Chinese government, is being acquired in a stock deal.