Wednesday, March 14, 2012

UK's RBS selling Pakistan unit to Faysal Bank

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its Pakistan unit to Faysal Bank Ltd. of Karachi for (EURO)41 million ($50.6 million).

An earlier deal to sell the unit to MCB Bank of Pakistan for $87 million fell through in January because it didn't gain regulatory approval.

RBS acquired the unit, now called RBS Pakistan, as part of the takeover of the Dutch bank ABN Amro _ a deal that dragged RBS to the brink of collapse.

RBS, now 84-percent controlled by …

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