Hungary’s state-owned Budapest Bank will join a strategic alliance of MKB Bank and savings group Takarekbank, forming the country’s second-largest banking group, the banks said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
The banks are “examining and preparing the framework for setting up a new, domestically owned banking group with significant market power”, they said, adding that the three lenders have combined assets of 5.8 trillion forints ($18.3 billion).
Source: Reuters.com