Brussels, 06/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - On 6 September, the European Commission authorised the proposed acquisition by the French banking group, BNP Paribas, of Fortis Commercial Finance Holding (FCF), a company specialised in factoring services in several member states and especially in Belgium.
The proposed transaction, notified to the Commission on 4 August, brings about the repatriation of the Belgian assets of the Fortis factoring business, which came under the control of the Dutch...