HSBC Holdings (HKG:0005) is working with some of Asia's largest banks to attract bids for its Indonesian consumer business, Bloomberg News reported Thursday.
Singapore-based DBS Group (SGX:D05), Oversea-Chinese Banking (SGX:O39), and United Overseas Bank (SGX:U11), as well as Malaysia's CIMB Group (KLSE:CIMB) and Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group have been tasked with lining up bids for the business by mid-March, the report said, citing sources familiar with the matter.
A transaction may value the assets at more than $200 million, the report said.
HSBC has been reviewing its retail business in Australia, Indonesia, and Egypt but is yet to make a decision, the report said.
An HSBC spokesperson declined to comment regarding the strategic review for Indonesia, Bloomberg said, and representatives from DBS, UOB, OCBC, CIMB and SMFG also declined to comment.
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