21.   Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso said a credit program to shore up weak banks helped prevent a full-blown banking crisis after two large banks failed last year.

22.   A large German bank is in talks to buy Wessex Water from the Enron Corp., people close to the discussions said on Sunday.

23.   A number of large banks have recently expanded their efforts in the securities business.

24.   A recent Federal Reserve study found that large multistate banks charged higher service fees than smaller companies that did business in only one state.

25.   A year later, however, no large U.S. banks or insurers have teamed up to create their own version of Citigroup.

26.   According to Melissa Morey, a spokeswoman for Visa USA, while most large banks will provide quick replacement, some smaller banks may not be as quick.

27.   After Santa Monica passed its ban, two large banks, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, shut their machines to noncustomers.

28.   After government delays in state assets sales in the past, investors now are more convinced Hungary will follow through with its planned sale of the two large banks.

29.   Allowing large bank mergers after forcing divestiture of once-competing branches on the same street corner is an example, he said.

30.   Bullock is the most prominent example of a former officeholder who died with a large bank balance.