Bulgaria: “British samurai” target Post Bank

Until recently, the name of Nomura, Japan’s largest investment house, did not mean much to the general public in Bulgaria. Recently, however, the Bulgarian media have been eager to find out more about Nomura as its European executives were due in town, intending to acquire one of the the country’s best banks.

Bulgarians were surprised to learn of the size of the global company. “British samurai win the battle for Post Bank”, read the headline of Banker, a Bulgarian weekly.