Credit Agricole ends talks to buy SocGen's German unit, source says
By Mathieu Rosemain
PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) -Credit Agricole CAGR.PA, France's second-biggest listed bank, has dropped out of talks to acquire Societe Generale's SOGN.PA German consumer unit, Hanseatic Bank, a person with knowledge of the matter said.
The bank had pulled back from talks in recent weeks, the person added, who was speaking on condition of anonymity because the matter is private. It could not be determined if talks might resume over the unit.
Credit Agricole emerged as the most likely buyer for the business, valued at more than 600 million euros ($656.94 million), Bloomberg reported last month.
Credit Agricole and Societe Generale declined to comment.
Societe Generale's Hanseatic bank is one of the non-core assets the French lender is aiming to offload as part of its plan to beef up capital for other parts of its businesses.
The bank recently announced the sale of its equipment leasing division SGEF to French rival BPCE as well a retreat from several countries in Africa, including Morocco.
On Monday it said it would sell two private bank subsidiaries in Britain and Switzerland to Union Bancaire Privee (UBP) for 900 million euros.
Proceeds from all these sales are slated to top 2.7 billion euros, on the basis of disclosed financial amounts.
SocGen is struggling to sell its SGSS securities services unit, with potential bidders baulking at the price the French bank wants for the business, sources told Reuters previously.
($1 = 0.9133 euros)
Reporting by Mathieu Rosemain. Editing by Anousha Sakoui, Kirsten Donovan
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