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Jason James

There was a lot of weakness in some of the banks in particular. There was a bit of reaction by foreigners to the Nippon Credit Bank liquidation or whatever it was at the weekend.

Jason James

There was a lot of weakness in some of the banks in particular, ... There was a bit of reaction by foreigners to the Nippon Credit Bank liquidation or whatever it was at the weekend.

There's very strong encouragement for Chinese banks to welcome in a foreign investor taking a stake and bringing in know-how. We'll see that trend continuing throughout this year.

Zhang Jun

These transportation projects, especially the metro lines, will further spur the real estate market, which has already shown signs of life this year as commercial banks show more interest in providing home loans.

These together will probably increase consumer spending and at the margin . . . it will put a bit of upward pressure on growth and could potentially put that much more pressure on the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates.

These things are not going to evolve overnight but ultimately, we could be reaching the point where most people do their banking online.

This is definitely a change in the Bank of Japan's stance so it will have a psychological impact and keep the yen soft.

Once the camel's nose is underneath the tent, community banks are going to lose their battle.

Once people find out what it's for, they're really giving, ... Two little boys emptied their piggy banks for it.

The new corruption drive is all well and fine but we have to deal with the supply side. Where the bank can really deliver is by naming and shaming big companies that pay bribes.

The new banking code requires lenders to be more transparent about charges, the OFT research pre-dates this initiative.

The need is $325 million of cash. That is what our investment bankers tell us. That's what our creditor committee tells us. ALPA is fervently urging the court to say it isn't so. We're telling them it is so. We wish we didn't need $325 million of cash. But the need is real.

The near-term inflation outlook will cause the Reserve Bank some short term concern,

After that, after the central bank sets interest rate policy, you may start seeing the real impact of the end of the currency limits.

J. J. Johnson

After we had fielded about 60 to 70 phone calls, we got with the motels to see how they were doing. When we finally got down to the end of the road and we figured we got as far as we could, it was about 6 p.m. on Thursday evening. And we had seen one couple come in and their main problem was that when they left Houston they could only pull $50 cash from the ATM, but we got them lined up with a bank and taken care of.

After today's council meeting the European Central Bank sent a less hawkish statement compared to market expectations.

A gain in lending may be signaling that people are rushing to borrow before the central bank shifts policy. That's bond negative.

It's not been the most enjoyable of Bank Holiday weekends but we now know how much hard work is ahead.

Any time you get more than one central banker in a room together the antennas are bound to go up and send a shiver down the market's spine.

In India, we are working on some investment banking transactions with an offshore component to them.

Indian banks will continue to keep up at a steady pace with issuance of dollar-denominated bonds, especially with demand for such paper still there.

Increasing perceptions that the Bank of Japan will be able to move away from its quantitative easing support the yen. Relative to the dollar, the yen should regain its losses.

In Delaware, for example, severe job loss is expected as a result of Bank of America's acquisition of MBNA. That will put many households in financial distress.

Initially we were down on negative earnings news from the US, but resource stocks led a rebound, industrials and banks are still under pressure.

John Hall

Initially, we've always strongly objected to any retailer having the coins before it's been put through the monetary system. As one of my favorite bankers said, these U.S. coins aren't Beanie Babies. It's the U.S. monetary system. There are rules and procedures that have to be followed.

David Butler

In many cases the investment banks are actually helping those that leave so that they can get something out of it by way of prime brokerage fees.

Kevin Ashton

In line with this trend, revenue recognition on a number of larger banking projects will now occur later than anticipated,

In light of this decision, we plan to resume our conversations with a number of banks -- now free to make a choice -- about possible card-issuing ventures,

In life there are no winners, only assholes with Swiss Bank Accounts.

I like the banks, they're cheap and there's a desperate need for income in this market and the banks offer it.

I'm proud of this one: We went to the bank and we wanted a loan, and they wouldn't give it to us. And so we said, 'OK, fine.' So we started it ourselves. We were profitable within a year and a half.

I'm looking for high growth rates. The powerful banking forces of the next 10 years will have lead to a big exposure to one or more of Brazil, Russia, India or China. We have exposure at the moment in both India and China and I'd like to see that exposure grow.

I'm not being dramatic. This is the most repulsive thing I've ever seen. It's very painful to see what's in these log files that are being uploaded in real time. We're seeing a lot of bank information and usernames and passwords to get in,