Chinese cash fuels Barclays bid
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Barclays raises its offer for the Dutch bank ABN Amro, after China and Singapore invest in the UK firm.
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Barclays said it had struck a deal with China Development Bank and Temasek Holdings of Singapore.
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Shares in Barclays Bank have surged 4% on speculation it may receive a takeover bid from Bank of America.
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The race is on among international banking groups for a stake of the Chinese market as Beijing loosens its grip on the sector, and British banks are already ahead of many of their rivals thanks to a long-standing presence in the region.
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China's biggest bank is buying a 20% stake in South Africa's largest lender for $5.5bn.
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LONDON/BEIJING  - British bank Barclays  has raised its bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO  to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion), helped by some of the biggest ever overseas investments by China and Singapore.
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US investment bank Lehman Brothers has offered to pay up to 800 million pounds (1.15 billion euros, 1.43 billion dollars) to buy British bankers Cazenove, the Financial Times reports.
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The UK's third biggest bank Barclays sees annual pre-tax profits rise to record levels boosted by a sharp rise in business at its investment division.
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Barclays (NYSE:BCS) was a leading gainer on Monday as the FTSE moved higher for the ninth session out of the last ten.
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Barclays, the nation's third-biggest bank, has said that net profit surged by 33 percent to a record 4.571 billion pounds in 2006, lifted by its investment banking arm.
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UK lender Barclays is in talks with South Africa&#39;s Absa about buying a majority stake in the bank. The move would &quot;immediately&quot; boost earnings and profit, and &quot;enhance the bank&#39;s existing successful African operations&quot;, Barclays said.
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Shares in Barclays  surged over 4 percent toward their record high on Thursday as traders said talk returned that Spanish or U.S. banks were casting an acquisitive eye on Britain's third-biggest bank.
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HSBC Holdings , Europe's biggest bank, is acquiring The Chinese Bank Co. in Taiwan and will provide it with additional capital of between $300 million and $400 million, it said on Friday.
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HSBC Holdings , Europe's biggest  bank, is acquiring The Chinese Bank Co. in Taiwan and will  provide it with additional capital of between $300 million and  $400 million, it said on Friday.
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Barclays raises its offer for the Dutch bank ABN Amro, after getting Chinese and Singaporean loans.
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Britain&#039;s Barclays  said it saw  &quot;very strong profit momentum&quot; in the first quarter as its UK  retail business improved and its investment bank beat peers,  but weakness in the UK unsecured debt market weighed on  Barclaycard.
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British bank Barclays Plc  has held merger talks with U.S. bank Wells Fargo  that could create a financial giant worth about &#36;180 billion, Britain's Sunday Express newspaper reported.