Oversea-Chinese Banking (SGX:O39) emerged as the lead bidder for HSBC Holdings' (HKG:0005) Indonesian consumer business, Bloomberg News reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The Singaporean bank's offer values the business at $350 million, the report said, citing the sources.
No final decision has been made, with a possibility of other parties joining the bid, the people reportedly said.
OCBC and HSBC did not immediately respond to requests for comment from MT Newswires.
Bloomberg previously reported that Singapore's DBS Group (SGX:D05), Oversea-Chinese Banking, and United Overseas Bank (SGX:U11), as well as Malaysia's CIMB Group (KLSE:CIMB) and Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group were in the running for the business.
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