The government's Financial Reconstruction Commission on Thursday approved a proposal by Niigata Chuo Bank's state-appointed administrators to sell it to six regional banks, FRC officials said.
The proposal calls for splitting up and selling the assets and liabilities of the Niigata-based second-tier regional bank to the six buyers, they said.
A formal announcement to this effect was to be made later in the day, the officials said.
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