51.   To be sure, Bank of Boston could still be acquired once it acquires BayBanks because its lock on retail banking in Boston will make it much more valuable.

52.   UBS also reaffirmed that it would not abandon retail banking.

53.   UBS has said it plans to strengthen its investment banking business and turn retail banking into a profitable business.

54.   Under these assumptions, retail banking would take on greater importance than corporate banking.

55.   Up to then retail banking was walled off from investment banking and insurance.

56.   When the bank decided to make a push into retail banking, Rauscher asked the board to increase its female membership to more than one.

57.   While BBV has built its business on domestic retail banking, it has recently begun to export that know-how to Latin America.

58.   While each bank is involved in different geographic areas, Credit Communal, unlike Credit Local, is present in retail banking.

59.   While retail banking seems on the right track, Thompson is hitting turbulence in the capital markets.

60.   Worse, some industries that spent heavily on technology, such as retail banking, got no real bang for their buck.