The Reserve Bank of India in 2009, had asked the Indian Bank Association to launch a non-profit payment solutions company to meet the requirements of domestic banks.
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Larry Broderick of the Irish Bank Officials Association said speculation had been mounting recently but the news would concern customers and staff in those areas.
The Irish Bank Officials' Association (IBOA), the union that represents bank workers, said it understands half the closures will be in Northern Ireland.
My thanks to Adrian Lloyd from the Banking Code Standards Board, to Stewart Cliffe from the National Association of Bank Customers, Rebecca Fernley from Consumers Association and Simon Pitkeathly representing the banks.
The African Development Bank and The Association for the Development of Education in Africa.
Larry Broderick, from the Finance Union, the Irish Bank Officials' Association (IBOA), said it was a "very dark day for staff and customers" of Ulster Bank.
Cera, as a mutual, had 500, 000 owner-customers, but according to the bank's articles of association they had no claim to the reserves that the bank had accumulated over the years.
With Wells Fargo, a big bank, the National Association of Homebuilders publishes a monthly index of builders' perceptions of the housing market.
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"Without the full co-operation of the banking sector, the government's big idea is impractical, " Stuart Cliffe director of the National Association of Bank and Insurance Customers (NABIC) told BBC News Online.
Well joining me to discuss what banks do for us and what they should do in the 21st Century - I have Stuart Cliffe from the National Association of Bank Customers, Rory Murphy who's joint general secretary of the banking union UNIFI - and Tim Sweeney of course director general of the British Bankers Association.
Other popular methods are borrowing money from family and friends, using home equity lines of credit, bank loans, Small Business Association loans, and even credit cards (Hisrich, et al., 2010, p. 310-313).
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There is clearly a problem, but neither the Bank of Italy, the country's central bank, nor the Italian banking association can put figures on it.
This was one of the key findings by Forbes Insights, who in association with BMO Harris Bank, surveyed more than 300 senior executives to produce its latest study, Harnessing Innovation to Jumpstart Growth: Lessons from Middle Market Companies.
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The Bank of Italy and the employers' association, Confindustria, have plumped for 4.9%.
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The Equipment Leasing Association, whose members include Bank of New York and AmSouth Bancorp , notes that such deals account for 10% of all leasing deals.
The congressmen want the Federal Reserve, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and the National Credit Union Association to define unfair lending practices and mandate ways to prevent them, as the law states.
Figures from the British Bankers Association (BBA) show that bank credit to small businesses in particular grew by 10% in the 12 months to September.
After all, the Palestinian majority on the eastern side of the Jordan River can be expected to seek an end to the Hashemite dynasty and association with Palestinians on the western bank.
If you are thinking about switching from your bank to a credit union, the Credit Union National Association offers a tool to help you find one near you.
One of the most worrying aspects of the Barclays settlements with the CFTC, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.K. Financial Services Authority is the acknowledgment that Barclays had attempted as early as 2007 to flag its concern that other banks were low-balling their Libor bids to the U.K. authorities including the Bank of England, the FSA and the British Bankers Association.
The world's poorest countries rely mainly on interest-free loans or grants made through the International Development Association (IDA), an arm of the bank.
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One experienced, successful businessman: Cain, who also served as President of the National Restaurant Association and Chairman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank.
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An association with the Visa brand helps a customer (bank and other financial institution) to attract consumers by providing them with a large network of Visa merchants and ATMs. Thus participation in Visa card programs is beneficial for banks and other financial customers.
Over three-years, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) and the World Bank are working closely with Member States to, though their best practices, jointly understand the complex nexus between science and governance in the management of groundwater resources.
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Robert Kiener, of the Precision Machined Products Association, cites the case of one Ohio manufacturer whose bank asked for his life-insurance policy as collateral.
He said the US would seek to reach an agreement for the funds owed to the multilateral donors, which include the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the International Development Association.
They are the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
And earlier this week the head of the IIF international bankers' association, Josef Ackermannl, also the boss of Deutsche Bank, said that banks will have to take their losses - but that their underlying profits were strong enough to stand the strain.
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