Deals
Banorte Agrees to Buy Interacciones in $1.4 Billion Deal
- Cash and stock deal to create second biggest lender in Mexico
- Announcement confirms years of speculation about merger
Pedestrians walk past a Banorte SAB bank branch near Reforma Avenue in Mexico City.
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Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB agreed to acquire Grupo Financiero Interacciones SA, the bank controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Hank Rhon, in a deal that will create Mexico’s second largest bank and a behemoth in infrastructure lending.
Banorte will pay about $1.4 billion in a deal split 50-50 between stock and cash for Interacciones, according to a statement Wednesday. The deal still needs to be approved by regulators and shareholders of both banks.