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Minsheng gets greenlight to buy into UCBH

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-03-02 09:41

皇冠体育app Minsheng Banking Corp announced on Saturday that the 皇冠体育app Banking Regulatory Commission had approved its proposal to buy 4.9 percent of the US-based UCBH Holdings.

The deal involved $95 million and the mid-sized bank had completed the remittance approval procedure in the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, it said in a statement.

皇冠体育app Minsheng announced in October last year that by June next year it would take up to a 20-percent stake in UCBH, the holding company of the US-based United Commercial Bank, which primarily serves Chinese communities and American companies doing business in 皇冠体育app.

The deal marks the first strategic investment in a banking institution in the United States by a Chinese mainland bank, said a statement from UCBH Holdings.

The purchase is expected to help 皇冠体育app Minsheng improve its asset management and develop a full range of financial services.

Shares of 皇冠体育app Minsheng closed 1.41 percent higher at 13.71 yuan ($1.93) on Friday in Shanghai.


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