Aussino said the exchange also expressed reservations about Aussino's future access to land critical to its operations citing Myanmar's ban on foreign ownership of land and its post-merger plan to deposit 65% of its cash in Mr. Zaw Zaw's own Ayeyarwady Bank, which also is subject to U.S. sanctions.

WSJ: Singapore Stymies Myanmar Mogul Zaw Zaw's Bid for Listing

Worried about her job after 36 years at Laiki, Eleni Koutsourdou said lawmakers should have approved the initial plan for the 10 percent deposit grab for the sake of protecting the financial sector.

NPR: Cyprus Locked In Tough Talks As Deadline Looms

Having decided to share the financial burden, as well as the household chores, the three friends in Oxted drew up a plan of how much they could contribute towards the deposit and mortgage payments.

BBC: Key to buying a home with friends

Authorities could seize a Global Systematically Important Financial Institution (GSIFI) and dismantle it as appropriate under a joint plan by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Bank of England released Monday.

FORBES: Too Big To Fail Makes A 'Fine' Mess For British Banks

Stresses in housing markets impose another constraint on lending: that may be why Sheila Bair, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, an American bank regulator, broke ranks with her government and criticised the rescue plan for not addressing foreclosures.

ECONOMIST: Meltdown may have been averted. But the crunch is not over

The Bank of England and America's Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have issued a joint paper which is in essence an action plan for making the biggest banks - such as the UK's Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays, and Citigroup and JP Morgan in the US - safer.

BBC: The cost of making big banks safe