Romania: ING in One-To-One Talks with Spain’s BBVA for Possible Acquisition (…)

December 29, 2025

ING in One-To-One Talks with Spain’s BBVA for Possible Acquisition of Garanti BBVA Romania
Dec 29, 2025

ING in One-To-One Talks with Spain’s BBVA for Possible Acquisition of Garanti BBVA Romania.

Dutch group ING is in direct talks with Spanish group BBVA to see whether it can buy Garanti BBVA Romania, in a bid to more rapidly grow its foothold on the Romanian banking market and not lose ground to other banks under consolidation.

[Read the article in Ziarul Financiar]

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