摘要
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (中国工商银行/ICBC), the world's largest lender by market value, has agree to buy an 80% stake in Bank of East Asia (USA) for USD 140 million. The deal marks the first time a Chinese bank has purchased a controlling share of a US commercial bank and will give ICBC a US commercial bank license which will help it expand its retail banking business and operation network in the country. New York-based Bank of East Asia (USA),