Merger forms new US bank
Monday 19 June 1995 23:02 BST
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Merger forms new US bank
A new banking giant emerged in the United States yesterday after the North Carolina-based First Union bank announced a planned merger with First Fidelity of New Jersey in a stock-swap transaction worth $5.4 billion. The deal will be the biggest ever in US banking history and will create the sixth largest US bank
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