Canada’s TD Bank acquires Target’s credit card operation
Canada's Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE:TD), or TD Bank, said it has reached a deal to purchase the existing US Visa and private label card portfolio of Target Corp (NYSE:TGT) for an…
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Stearns Bank takes over rescued rival First East Side Savings Bank
Stearns Bank NA, the operating subsidiary of US financial holding company Stearns Financial Services Inc, announced the acquisition of Florida-based First East Side Savings Bank without disclosing financial terms. The…
Dutch ING Bank sells UK online arm ING Direct to Barclays
Dutch banking group ING Groep NV (AMS:INGA) on Tuesday said it had agreed to shed its British online banking business ING Direct UK to Barclays Plc (LON:BARC), without disclosing the…
Wheatley Review sets out Libor reform recommendations
Wholesale reform of Libor is needed in order to restore the credibility of the international benchmark, FSA managing director Martin Wheatley said today. Releasing his report on the future of…
GE Capital partly exits Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya in $466m deal
GE Capital, a unit of US technology and financial services group General Electric Co (NYSE:GE), said on Wednesday it had disposed of 7.6% in Bank of Ayudhya Pcl (PINK:BKAYY) in…
China Construction Bank seeks acquisitions in Europe — report
Chinese lender China Construction Bank Corp (SHA:601939), or CCB, is interested in buying a European bank, or a minimum of 30% to 50% in one and has CNY100bn (USD15.8bn/EUR12.01bn) of…
France’s Credit Agricole still interested in selling stake in Spanish Bankinter
French banking group Credit Agricole SA (EPA:ACA) views the stake it owns in Spanish peer Bankinter SA (MCE:BKT) as non-strategic and it is still considering all options regarding a further…
London-listed Standard Chartered cleared to acquire Credit Agricole’s Turkish operation
The Turkish Competition Board has cleared British lender Standard Chartered Plc (LON:STAN) to buy Credit Agricole Yatirim Bankasi Turk AS, a unit of French banking group Credit Agricole SA (EPA:ACA),…
HSBC considers sale of its stake in Vietnamese insurance group Bao Viet
British banking and financial services group HSBC Holdings plc (LON:HSBA) said on Thursday it was reviewing strategic options for its 18% interest in Vietnamese insurer Bao Viet Holdings including a…
Standard Chartered shares plummet after money laundering allegations
Banking group Standard Chartered plc (LSE:STAN) has seen its share price fall around 24% today after US regulators accused the institution of hiding 60,000 secret transactions for financial institutions in…
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