Scheveningen, 13/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - At their meeting in Scheveningen on Saturday, European finance ministers asked the European Commission to study the question of obstacles to bank mergers and acquisitions, focussing on the rules national competition authorities can use to block the acquisition of banks in their country.
The Presidency asked the CEOs of three banks, ABN-Amro, BNP-Paribas and Bank of Scotland, to outline the banking industry's views on the issue, and the Dutch...