The Quest: Spanish Bank Sees U.S. Hispanic Treasure.

Autor: House, Jonathan, Vitzhum, Carlta, Perez, Santiago
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Zdroj: Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition. 7/8/2004, Vol. 244 Issue 5, pC1-C2. 0p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 3 Graphs, 1 Cartoon or Caricature.
Abstrakt: Discusses the move by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) SA, Spain's second-largest bank, to buy Valley Bank in California. Scramble among Spanish banks for Hispanic consumers in the U.S.; BBVA's control of Mexico's largest bank; Strategy of BBVA; Why BBVA faces long odds trying to enter the Hispanic market; Efforts of U.S. banking groups such as Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. to attract Latino customers; How BBVA's focus on the U.S. reflects the trouble many European continental banking giants are having in their efforts to expand.
Databáze: Regional Business News