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...France, Midland of Britain and Union Bank of Switzerland. A glance at a list of the world's largest banks gives a clear view of the winners and losers in the bruising battle. Of the world's 20 top banks, 14 are Japanese, led by giant Dai-Ichi Kangyo (assets: $413 billion). Five are European, topped by France's Credit Agricole (assets: $243 billion). Only one, Citicorp ($231 billion), is American. In fact, of the 50 largest banks in the world, only three are American: Citicorp, Chase Manhattan and BankAmerica. "U.S. banks are pygmies in a world of giants," says...
Japanese banks are currently intensifying their focus on the European Community. Some 60 Japanese banks have European bases in London, and more will probably follow. Mini-headquarters are also being established on the Continent. Dai-Ichi Kangyo and Fuji Bank have offices in Munich; Sumitomo Bank, Sanwa Bank and the Bank of Tokyo are in Lisbon; and others have set up shop in Paris, Barcelona and Milan. The Japanese are likely to concentrate their activities in merchant banking and the bond markets...
...help insulate them from defaults in the future. Manufacturers Hanover added $950 million to its reserves, Chase Manhattan $1.15 billion, and J.P. Morgan $2 billion. To shore up its finances, Manny Hanny also agreed to sell CIT Group, its corporate- finance subsidiary, to Japan's Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank for $1.3 billion...
...hands, the Japanese put into their banking law a word-for-word translation of the American Glass-Steagall Act, which prohibits banks from underwriting corporate securities. In addition, the Japanese have restrictive rules on the interest rates that banks can pay depositors. Says Nobuya Hagura, president of Dai-Ichi Kangyo: "The regulations are outdated, and they inhibit business performance...
Nobody should know better than Hagura. As the expansion-minded head of Dai- Ichi Kangyo, he oversees a vast network of offices from Chicago to Caracas and Madrid to Melbourne. Dai-Ichi Kangyo tries to portray itself as a friendly institution. Its slogan: "The Bank with a Heart." Like most major Japanese banking concerns, it belongs to a keiretsu, an industrial group made up of dozens of interconnected companies. The bank owns stock in the companies and extends them much of the credit they need. The Dai-Ichi Kangyo keiretsu includes such well-known firms as Hitachi, Isuzu and Kawasaki...