Briefs: CoreStates InvestsIn Currency Exchange

CoreStates Financial Corp has acquired a 20% stake in the Mexican currency exchange house Vectodivisas, a spokeswoman for the bank confirmed.

The Philadelphia-based banking company declined to disclose how much it is paying for the acquisition, which was made through a subsidiary, Philadephia International Equities Inc.

The stake one of several CoreStates has acquired over the years as part of a bid to build strategic alliances with useful partners.

Since the late 1960's, CoreStates has acquired minority stakes of from 5% to 20% in Banco Internacional de Panama, Germany's Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co., South Korea's Hana Bank, and Austria's Internationale Bank fur Aussenhandel AG.

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