South Africa's FirstRand is bringing its banking skills to India.
The last thing Paul Tanner did before he died was send Mary off to be trained in banking skills.
Many, seeking to grow in size and gain expertise in banking skills less developed in Continental Europe, are acquiring banks in Britain and the United States.
Even now, some argue that the relationships and navigational skills of these new bankers are more valuable than their hard-core banking skills.
The expertise of the Warburg company would help in any capital raising, but Mayo, who was later appointed finance director of Zeneca, contributed more than investment banking skills.
This is particularly true of foreign competition, for foreign banks can help inject not just the capital that China's banking system needs but, perhaps more important, also the banking skills and technology it sorely lacks.
"Poland has a good idea of how a commercial banking system should be organized, but there is a real shortage of banking skills," said a banking adviser from one international organization.
Similarly, Gail Snowden was able to steer Bank of Boston's First Community Bank through the minefields of middle-manager antagonism toward a successful innovation that produced other innovations (new products and services) because of her leadership skills, not her banking skills.
It's a strain on everything". One of the few opportunities Ellis was offered in prison was a class in banking skills, which, he pointed out, was not particularly helpful because he did not have any money at the time.
The blend of UniCredit's banking skills and Koc's local knowledge has paid off, says a UniCredit source, although others doubt whether joint decision-making has really been so smooth.Lower down the league table, HSBC and ING have both benefited from buying medium-sized banks before the latest wave of acquisitions began.
