For example: in the Benelux region, the takeover of the Belgian Banque Bruxelles Lambert by the Dutch bank ING; in Scandinavia, the merger of the Finnish Merita Bank, Norway’s Nordbanken and Denmark’s Unidanmark to form Nordic Baltic Holding; and the recently announced merger of Germany’s HypoVereinsbank and Bank Austria.
One notable example of a merger beyond Europe’s borders is that of Deutsche Bank with Bankers Trust. 1  BIS Review 81/2000  What are the most important reasons why mergers have so far remained mostly within national markets?