介绍： Retail banks

零售银行

Bye bye America

拜拜美国

The sale of BBVA's American unit to PNC may set off a wave of mergers

将BBVA的美国分部出售给PNC可能会掀起一股并购浪潮

In May PNC, America's seventh-largest retail bank by assets, sold a stake in BlackRock, an asset manager, for $17bn. Bill Demchak, PNC's bo...

介绍： Retail banks

零售银行

Bye bye America

拜拜美国

The sale of BBVA's American unit to PNC may set off a wave of mergers

将BBVA的美国分部出售给PNC可能会掀起一股并购浪潮

In May PNC, America's seventh-largest retail bank by assets, sold a stake in BlackRock, an asset manager, for $17bn. Bill Demchak, PNC's boss, said at the time that worries about the economy had prompted it to divest, in order to "bullet-proof" its balance-sheet. On November 16th he broke cover. PNC said it would buy the American arm of BBVA, Spain's second-largest bank, for $11.6bn. The deal could set off a scramble for scale on both sides of the Atlantic. Indeed, BBVA in turn said on the same day that it was in merger talks with Sabadell, another Spanish lender.

今年5月，按资产计算为美国第七大零售银行的PNC以170亿美元的价格出售了资产管理公司贝莱德的股份。PNC的老板比尔·德姆查克当时表示，对经济的担忧促使PNC撤资，以“防弹”其资产负债表。11月16日，他站了出来。PNC表示将以116亿美元收购西班牙第二大银行西班牙对外银行(BBVA)的美国业务。这笔交易可能会在大西洋两岸掀起一场规模争夺战。实际上，BBVA在同一天也表示，它正在与另一家西班牙银行萨瓦德尔进行合并谈判。