71.   With barriers to nationwide banking set to fall in September, First Union is jockeying to be first in line for other acquisitions to further extend its branch network.

72.   With more and more people doing most of their banking over the telephone and at automated teller machines, banks are concluding that they can tighten their branch networks.

73.   With both First Union and Wachovia based in North Carolina, the overlap of their branch networks is greater, leaving more opportunities to cut costs, Dickson said.

74.   Yet beyond bungling a deal it had heralded a month ago, Deutsche Bank is again burdened with a retail branch network that barely makes money.

75.   You pay more for terrestrial banking services because of the cost of operating a branch network.

76.   -- Tokyo Kyodou Bank eyes major cut in branch network.

77.   And though they admit that the private and foreign banks provide better service, they argue that their advantage lies in their huge branch network.

78.   Bankers Trust is a commercial bank but it has no branch network.

79.   Bank Bumiputra was optimistic that the expanded branch network of the enlarged UMF would better meet the future needs of existing clients and attract more new clients.

80.   In addition, NatWest also may look to raise money from its property portfolio, including its huge branch network, the newspaper said.