Fubon Financial Holdings board agrees to acquire Jih Sun

Fubon Financial Holding Co. announced Friday that its board of directors has approved a plan to acquire smaller rival Jih Sun Financial Holdings in what would be the first merger of two domestic financial holding companies.

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