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Bank merger woes

Published: 07 Jan 2014 - 08:48 am | Last Updated: 28 Jan 2022 - 07:15 pm

Office workers pass an Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) building in the central business district of Singapore yesterday. Singapore OCBC’s bid to take over Hong Kong’s Wing Hang Bank Ltd in a deal estimated at $5.3bn has raised concerns it may be paying too much for a mid-sized bank and will be tapping shareholders to fund the acquisition.