One of these smaller banks that's performed well is the Hangzhou City Commercial Bank.

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Yin's Chongqin Lifan Industry Group is already the number three investor in the Chongqing City Commercial Bank, headquartered in China's motorcycle manufacturing hub, but he's looking to put more money into the industry.

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Gong Aiai was a former vice-president of the Shenmu Country rural commercial bank in Yulin city.

BBC: China

Friday, branches of the Bank of China and the China Industrial and Commercial Bank in the border city of Dandong told NPR that they had suspended all financial transactions between North Korea and China since the nuclear test.

NPR: Rice Confident China Is Serious About N. Korea

Troika Dialog, a leading dealer in equities and government debt, said last week it would sell 20% of its shares to the Bank of Moscow, a commercial bank controlled by the Moscow city government.

ECONOMIST: Russian finance

In his new book on FDR's Hundred Days, Adam Cohen recounts how the hearings revealed how National City Bank had caused enormous problems by mixing commercial and investment banking, reaping huge profits as customers were persuaded to make terrible investments.

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Witness last months failure of Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, formerly one of Japans ten giant city (commercial) banks.

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