Many economists are starting to worry that the weak dollar will push up inflation, leaving the central bank no room to cut interest rates if the economy slows abruptly.
In the case of Citigroup, the rating agency said that the bank no longer enjoyed quite the same high level of financial support from the US government as it used to.
Hanvit is the result of a merger of two ailing giants, No. 3 Hanil Bank and No. 6 Commercial Bank of Korea.
"The right direction for Indonesia is universal or supermarket banking, " says Okkie, who notes that two other corporate-oriented players, Bank Niaga (No. 324) and Bank Bira (No. 427), are going the retail banking route.
The latter's merger with Bank of Tokyo (No. 12) is just the latest union among several in recent years, which also created Sakura Bank, No. 1 in the previous Financial 500.
It would have no central bank, no monetary freedom and limited fiscal autonomy.
Until the failure in November last year of Hanwa Bank, a middling regional bank, no Japanese bank had gone bust since the second world war.
There is no central bank, and no attempt by government to influence interest rates.
No smooth bank executive, no gushing PR representative.
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In addition to lower corporate and personal income taxes, Singapore also has no capital-gains tax, no tax on bank interest and no dividends tax.
Overseas Union Bank (No. 77) reported that profits dropped 28% in the first half of 1998.
Singapore's Overseas Union Bank (No. 116) plans a big push in both regional and consumer banking.
It was flawed from inception as it only had a central bank but no common treasury.
American Express Bank has no branches in Germany, just computers and telephone operators in Frankfurt.
Over the next 2 years, Severson unsuccessfully tried to work with Gulf Coast Bank to no avail.
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Yet apart from continuing talks with analysts, the bank has no plans to disclose any more information.
This year it went further and gave guarantees to Bear Stearns, an investment bank with no retail depositors.
As a specialist lender, the bank has no expertise in handling working-capital loans.
Her personal credit was in the dumps and, consequently, her bank had no desire to give her a loan.
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In September, PNC Bank will no longer give reward points for debit card purchases to customers with free checking accounts.
The investment bank may no longer take positions that could sink the group, but is yet to prove a consistent winner.
But at least the central bank should no longer actively hinder them.
Reason: This bank had no discernible assets in the U.S. to attach.
The bank had no real answers, he said, and wasn't very helpful.
HBOS, Britain's biggest mortgage lender, has signalled that the bank will no longer focus on market share as its main measure of success.
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That leading executives in both institutions could not totally escape blame only intensified concerns that money in the bank may no longer be the safest bet.
Tony Volpon of Nomura said he is taking his cue from Central Banker Alexandre Tombini who, on Friday, said the bank has no tolerance for rising inflation.
The State Bank makes no secret of the fact that it is trying to force the banks to pay more attention to real-world investments in companies and lending to individuals.
If China's economy continues to overheat, its current-account surplus could soon turn to deficit, and then its central bank would no longer need to buy American Treasuries to hold down its currency.
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