In August it bought the business and branches of norisbank, with 334,000 clients, which it hopes will give two foreign interlopers, Citibank and ING Diba, a run for their money.

• 8月它并购了noris银行，连同它334，000个客户。这一系列的扩张，无疑给它的两个外国夙敌，花旗和INGDiba，敲响了警钟。