Chilean lender Banco de Credito e Inversiones (BCI), a subsidiary of Empresas Juan Yarur (EJY), has received the green light from the US Federal Reserve to acquire Miami-based City National Bank of Florida.

The $882.8m deal received the regulatory approval two years after the lenders struck an agreement.

City National, said to be the 18th largest insured depository institution in Florida, manages about $4.3bn in deposits.

Following completion of transaction, EJY through BCI is projected to become the 180th largest insured depository organisation in the US, with consolidated assets of about $7.5bn in the US.

The acquisition deal is scheduled to close in 30 days.

City National Bank of Florida president and CEO Jorge Gonzalez remarked: "This acquisition puts City National Bank in a unique and enviable position, making us a community bank with global reach backed by one of the strongest and most respected banks in Latin America.

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"We will leverage this new partnership to take the client experience at City National Bank to even higher levels and provide a wider array of products and services for businesses and individuals."