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Spanish savings banks agree merger as debt crisis bites
BBC – Three Spanish savings banks – Ibercaja, Liberbank and Caja3 – have approved a merger to strengthen their weakened balance sheets. The merged bank would create the country’s seventh biggest lender, with 120bn euros (£96bn; $151bn) in assets. Spain’s government has asked its banks to set aside nearly 84bn euros to cover bad debts. The merger comes after Bankia, itself made from a merger of banks, needed another bailout. Read Article
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