HONG KONG: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest bank by market value, plans to buy Thailand’s ACL Bank for about US$545mil, helping it expand its footprint in South-East Asia.
The deal, which represents ICBC’s first acquisition in Thailand, is one of a handful of overseas purchases by the bank in the last few years.
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