Attempts to merge European banks are becoming more common. Most recent deals, though, will require a major stakeholder to be dragged kicking and screaming — be it the target, a national government, or ...

Lone Star Funds announced Friday the sale of Portugal’s fourth-largest bank, novobanco, to France's BPCE in a transaction ...

French cooperative banking group BPCE to complete purchase of Portugal's fourth-largest bank in the first half of 2026 ...

On Friday, Lone Star agreed to sell its 75% stake in the country’s fourth-largest lender, Novo Banco SA, to the French banking group BPCE SA in what would be the biggest euro area cross-border ...

The French retail bank will buy the Portuguese lender from its majority owner Lone Star in the latest cross-border deal in European banking. Lawyers, Auditors to Cough Up Fees After Financial ...

Novo Banco spun out of the collapsed Banco Espirito Santo (BES) in 2014 after a state bailout. US investor Lone Star, which ...

France’s BPCE has agreed a 6.4 billion euros ($7.39 billion) deal to acquire Portugal's Novo Banco, including a 75% stake ...

Groupe BPCE drastically curtailed its use of the simplified risk-weighting method for equity investments in the first quarter, as new European Union banking rules reshaped how stakes in the banking ...

Novo Banco’s majority shareholder, Nani Holdings, a unit of private equity firm Lone Star Funds, is selling its 75% stake, in ...

Lone Star and the French banking group BPCE agreed on the sale of Novo Banco, for €6.4 billion for 100% of the share capital.