Pakistan’s Islamic banking push prompts MCB to buy peer
Pakistani commercial bank MCB plans to buy a majority stake in smaller Islamic peer Burj Bank, as it looks to build its Islamic banking subsidiary. The plan echoes Pakistan's bigger push towards Islamic banking, with a growing number of conventional banks looking to enter the market.
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