That would create a bank with $27 billion in assets.
The government thus created a bank through a concession agreement.
The position taken today did not directly deal with creating either a central bank or a common currency.
The $3.7 billion deal would create the nation's ninth-largest bank.
The merger would create the world's biggest bank by assets.
He also pledged to create an agricultural bank and lower the national income tax.
But it could also create a sprawling bank with a mountain of bad debt.
That merger would create the world's largest bank in terms of assets.
The planned merger would create a bank with total assets of about $592 billion.
The merger would create a bank with $297 billion in assets and 2,000 offices.