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REGIONAL BANKING

FAB Buys Pharaon Banks First American

Bankshares (FAb), an Arab-owned bank holding company with a network of banks in Washington DC, New York, Maryland, Tennessee and Virginia, has been granted approval by the US Federal Reserve Board to purchase a bank holding company owned by the prominent Saudi entrepreneur, Mr. Gaith Pharaon. FAB is paying $200mn for NBG Corporation, which owns the National Bank of Georgia and two Florida affiliates, NBG...