EON Capital Bhd and AMMB Holdings Bhd have mutually agreed to terminate merger discussions, just slightly more than one-and-a-half months after they began.
Sources said issues over pricing and control were the main stumbling blocks to a successful conclusion of their negotiations to merge and create the country's third largest banking group, sending a message that the second round of consolidation within the banking industry would not be as easy as earlier thought.
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