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Gian Maria Gros-Pietro, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, and Paola Papanicolaou, Chief of the Group’s International Subsidiary Banks Division, accompanied by members of the Group’s management, recently paid a…

The Competition Council authorized the transaction by which Intesa Sanpaolo SpA intends to take over First Bank SA, according to a press release from the competition authority. Following the analysis, the Competition Council found that…

The Competition Council is reviewing the transaction in which Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. intends to acquire First Bank S.A., as announced by the competition authority. Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. is primarily active in the…

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA has concluded negotiations for the acquisition of First Bank in Romania from the American investment fund J.C. Flowers, according to market sources. Some of First Bank's employees have already been informed about this…

Carmistin Group, a Romanian food producer, signed a RON 846 million syndicated loan, following the amendment and increase by RON 218 million of the existing facilities. The credit will be used by Carmistin Group companies to support their…

The Competition Council has authorized the takeover of Leumi Bank Romania by First Bank, by acquiring 99.9235% of the joint capital, a release posted on Monday on the institution’s website reads. The Competition Council's analysis has…

DLA Piper assisted Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M in the negotiations for concluding an agreement with First Bank to sell all the holdings in its Romanian subsidiary. Although the agreement required complex advice, it was concluded in a very…

First Bank has announced it had signed an agreement with Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M to purchase the Bank Leumi subsidiary in Romania. The acquisition is pending the National Bank of Romania’s and Competition Council’s consents and is…

First Bank, the former Piraeus Bank, Wednesday opened its first branch on the local market under a new identity, U.S. Ambassador Hans Klemm joining the event, which took place at the bank’s headquarters on Nicolae Titulescu Boulevard in…

ING Bank will close all banks’ physical registers as of Monday, while focusing exclusively on online transactions and turning its subsidiaries in self-service units. The bank announced this year that the main trading system will be ING’s…