At First Union Bank in Charlotte, N.

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But Bank of America, FleetBoston Financial, First Union, Bank One and Wells Fargo all have big venture-capital operations.

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Forbes first reported in August that Union Bank of California was working with the feds to resolve money laundering concerns involving Ribadeo Casa de Cambio.

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Bank One and First Union, to take two empires built by voraciously acquisitive bosses, have found mergers rather indigestible.

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Your best bet is to first research all options at your current bank or credit union.

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Eurocrats say they first want all 27 members of the European Union to adopt the same procedures for bank resolution and deposit guarantees (with arrangements for cross-border co-operation).

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Overseas Union Bank (No. 77) reported that profits dropped 28% in the first half of 1998.

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We were the first small jurisdiction to commit to the automatic exchange of information of bank accounts to the European Union.

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Last year Mitsubishi-Tokyo UFJ, operating through the 100 percent subsidiary Union Bank of California, captured 13 percent of this business, placing it in first place.

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In an Apr. 17 letter First Union, Measurement's lead lender, expressed doubts about Mallon's leadership after he begged the bank not to push his company into bankruptcy.

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