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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HypoVereinsbank, Germany's second biggest bank, said it had agreed to buy a portfolio of loans to mid-size corporate customers from ING BHF-Bank, the German arm of Dutch financial services group ING.
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Similar deals are expected to follow Bank of America Corp's  agreement on Friday to acquire battered mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp  for a knock-down price of $4 billion in stock.
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Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. , a struggling subprime mortgage lender, said on Monday it agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Lone Star for $400 million.
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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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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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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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Business software maker completes fourth round of funding.
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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.
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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.
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The fourth-largest U.S. bank said it benefited from the acquisition of Golden West Financial Corp. and higher loans.
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Montgomery, Ala.-based Colonial BancGroup (NYSE: CNB) said it has agreed to buy Sunrise-based Union Bank of Florida for a total of about $233 million.
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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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Morgan Stanley&#39;s  real estate unit  agreed to buy Australia&#39;s Investa Properties Ltd.  for  A$4.7 billion ($3.9 billion) on Thursday, the nation&#39;s  third-largest property trust takeover.
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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  on Friday said it agreed to acquire struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp  for about $4 billion in stock, a move that could help avert one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing crisis.