But they dropped the plan when each was presented with more lucrative opportunities to acquire banks in his home market.
As the bank grew it started to acquire other banks in the city.
The plan would permit industrial companies to acquire banks.
Since 2000, foreign banks have spent $18.6 billion to acquire Mexican banks.
From the 1880s, it expanded its customer base by opening new branches and acquiring other banks.
Most likely, it will acquire other banks or related financial companies, he said.
In the 2000s (decade), it continued to acquire banks.
First Commercial has also been acquiring small banks in recent years.
The one thing that British Linen did not do was to acquire other banks.
Both banks acquired other smaller banks along the way and spread their networks further.