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Lone Star halts $4bln KEB stake divestment

Lone Star halts $4bln KEB stake divestment

Paper reported Lone Star decided to suspend sale because of huge price gap with potential buyers.

China Everbright debut day of IPO beats forecasts

Investors' optimism on smaller Chinese banks gave lender share price gain that surpassed AgBank's.

StanChart to beef up services for affluent Asians

Lender to employ 800 staff to woo customers from 18mln rich Asians with $100,000 to invest.

ANZ targets $3.8bln Korea Exchange Bank stake

ANZ wants to acquire 57.27% while MBK is still trying to bid for 51% of KEB.

Fubon Financial plans to expand in China

Xiamen Bank eyes setting up Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province and Shantou, Guangdong Province branches.

KB Financial to shift focus to marketing

88 percent of the back office staff at Kookmin Bank to be reassigned to marketing tasks.

DBS and PayPal enhance global online shopping experience

Collaboration enables DBS/POSB customers to replenish PayPal accounts for online shopping without credit card.

BPI readies $220mln for possible acquisitions

Lender on a lookout for a potential buy as part of its 5-year growth plan.

China Everbright tags IPO at $US0.46 per share

Lender’s IPO success may encourage rival banks to follow suit.

Krung Thai mulls Nok Airlines stake sale

Lender to review Nok's competitiveness and financial soundness before it would divest its 10% stake.

Hong Leong Bank concludes sub debt issuance

Sub debt, whose proceeds to be used for lender's working capital, was 8 times oversubscribed.

New RMB loans reach $73.82bln in July

Growth of loans in small and medium banks and city commercial banks faster than large lenders'.

Regulator to consult market on NAB's AXA bid

NAB hopes to ease the concerns of the regulator through its revised offer.

SBI Capital to release $21.68mln SME fund

Fund to rope in private equity investment in SME's by providing them critical capital for growth.

Major Philippine banks may seek expansion through acquisitions

Takeover of  smaller banks could take place as banks go for competitive edge.

Affin to buy Bank Ina Perdana for $48mln

Acquisition will give Affin Bank direct majority shareholding of 80% in the Indonesian bank.

Lone Star close to recover $1.84bln KEB investment

KEB’s interim dividend payment could mean that planned sale of lender would be postponed.