Japan's megabanks have also spread, in order to escape narrow margins at home, as have Singapore's United Overseas Bank and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation.
On state television, the government is pushing their arguments hard that Nicolas Maduro is the legitimate president of Venezuela, having won by a narrow but significant margin.
The major airlines have been in this position for years, forcing them to defend increasingly narrow profit margins with fees for exit row upgrades, checked bags, even snacks.
Meanwhile, however, Virginia, after a long and searching debate, had given her approval by a narrow margin, leaving New York as the next seat of anxiety.
Yoon garnered 48.56 percent support in the election held on Wednesday, defeating his liberal rival by a narrow margin according to the final results released by the National Election Commission on Thursday.
Polls leading up to the election had suggested Mr. Sanchez's socialists were heading for a clear defeat, but his party defied expectations and made gains only losing to the conservatives by a narrow margin.