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• Special Supplement: Greece - Bilateral Benefits - The Chairman Of National Bank Of Greece, Takis Arapoglou, Discusses The Acquisition Of Turkey's Finansbank And Developments Closer To Home.(Interview)

  - 2007-05-01

  Byline: TAKIS ARAPOGLOU Takis Arapoglou, a long-time Citi banker, took up Greece's biggest banking job at the request of Costas Karamanlis, the prime minister. Traditionally the chairman of National Bank of Greece NBG is appointed by the government. Mr Arapoglou's task...

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• Greece's NBG raises over 3.0 billion euros in share issue

  - 2006-07-06

  ATHENS AFP — The National Bank of Greece said it had raised more than three billion euros (3.8 billion dollars) via a share issue intended to finance the acquisition of Turkey's Finansbank. NBG said it had increased its share capital by over 678.5 million euros by issuing more than...

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• Comment: Old Foes Eschew Nationalism In South-east Europe Banking Deal - National Bank Of Greece's Purchase Of Turkey's Finansbank, And Other Cross- border Deals, Counter Continent's Protectionism Adherents.

  - 2006-05-01

  National Bank of Greece's acquisition of a 46% controlling minority stake in Finansbank, Turkey's eighth largest bank, is not just another development in European cross-border bank consolidation. It is much, much more. In a European environment of increasing nationalism and protectionism in countries...

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• Western Europe: Greece - Deal Augurs New Era For Greeks In Turkey - The Deal Struck Between National Bank Of Greece To Buy Turkey's Finansbank Is Likely To Be The First In A Line Of Cross-border Acquisitions. Kerin Hope Reports.(National Bank of Greece (N

  - 2006-05-01

  Byline: Kerin HOPE Few analysts doubt that the acquisition of a Turkish bank by National Bank of Greece NBG, the country's biggest financial group, will herald the beginning of a new era for Greek banking. In a two-horse contest, NBG trumped Citigroup with a...

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• Delightful; Banking in Turkey.

  - 2006-04-08

  An unprecedented alliance between Greeks and Turks IN THE past few months, some members of the European Union have done their best to warn foreigners off their corporate jewels--regardless of all that guff about the free movement of capital, single markets and so...

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• TURKEY: FINANSBANK PURCHASES BANK IN ROMANIA.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-02-22

  According to Sabah, Finansbank has purchased a majority holding in a bank in Romania. A statement sent from Finansbank to the Istanbul Stock Exchange IMKB said that Finansbank had purchased 50.07% shares in the Banca de Credit Industrial si Commercial S.A. based in Romania. Finansbank will...

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