Tuesday, November 02, 2010

AFP: BBVA bank announces big step into Turkish banking

"BBVA bank announces big step into Turkish banking

(AFP) – 6 hours ago

MADRID — BBVA bank, the second-biggest Spanish bank, said on Tuesday that it had agreed to buy 24.89 percent of Turkish bank Garanti Bankasi for 5.8 billion dollars (4.2 billion euros).

BBVA said in a statement that it would raise capital of up to 5.06 billion euros to finance the investment."

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