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Asia-PacificFebruary 2 2005

Korean First Bank bought for $3.2bn

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Korea First Bank (KFB), the country’s seventh largest lender, has finally been sold to UK-based Standard Chartered bank.

KFB had been up for sale for a while, with a heavy volume of rumour circulating the industry. Until the last minute, speculation pointed to HSBC as the most likely buyer.

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