Enthusiastic, but not confident, the banker assures that there are only two groups interested in Banamex: “a very powerful industrial group and a financial group with experience in the sector. They are two good projects, two important groups”.
He thinks that by the end of this year or at the beginning of the next the decision will be known, but while Grupo Mifel is working to perfect the business plan.
“We, today November 24, are making every attempt to continue to be in the fight.”
Daniel Becker makes the comment a day after learning that Grupo Financiero Inbursa, of Carlos Slim, desist from the purchase of the bank . Other competitors that fell by the wayside were Banorte, Banco Azteca and Santander.
The trophy: more than just a bank
For Becker Feldman, the championship at stake goes beyond going for a bench.
“With Banamex you are not buying a bank, you are buying the history of Mexico. It is having an instrument that allows you to generate more wealth, not only for some but for all of society. We want to create a bank with a greater social dimension”, he comments.
Therefore, if the result favors them, the mission towards 2023 and onwards is for Banamex to return to its rightful place, which is to be one of the most important banks in the country.
Do you feel confident?
No, I have never felt confident about anything. If you tell me: give me the ‘formula as an entrepreneur for failure’, that is feeling confident. You can never feel confident, I think we have done a great job, being a medium-sized bank we have made great strides, but it is never good to feel confident.
However, he confesses that he is enthusiastic about continuing in the process and with the conviction that the purchase of Banamex will serve to contribute a grain of sand to make this a fairer country.
