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Introduction

In past few years there have been numerous mergers between banks. These mergers have been attempted in order to survive in the competitive market. The merger takes place when one bank is hardly surviving and a bigger bank in terms of revenue acquires it. In many countries, business crises or bankruptcy of major systemic banks gave impetus and restructuring process of local and international mergers and acquisitions of banks. Advances in the development of information technologies, the continued globalization of capital markets and risk management have led to consolidation in the investment banking and insurance businesses.

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