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Re:All the Western companies you’d have to combine to get so... by fspeech on Friday May 09, 2014 @03:57AM (#7719855)
"Funny you brought the 40% up. The Chinese government doesn't like foreign investors controlling financial companies in China."

In the US the threshold to become a "bank holding company" is 10% equity ownership. Becoming a BHC subjects you to the regulation by the FRB or state banking boards.

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