Shinsei Bank buys into UFJ's consumer finance unit Aplus

Shinsei Bank buys into UFJ's consumer finance unit Aplus

TOKYO, Japan - Shinsei Bank President Masamoto Yashiro (R) and Aplus President Junji Sugiyama (L) hold a press conference in a Tokyo hotel Sept. 3 on Shinsei purchasing a 67% equity stake in Aplus, a struggling consumer finance affiliate of the UFJ Holdings Inc. banking group, for 35 billion yen later this month.

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