71.   Yet some smaller foreign banks have been unwilling to extend loans.

72.   Police are questioning the bank officials who extended the loans to Fahmi.

73.   A spokesman for another bank said due to the currency fluctuation, no one would want to extend loans for overseas study.

74.   According to Booker, the bank has a policy to extend new loans on a case-by-case basis only to companies with positive cash flows.

75.   After having accomplished the crucial step, the financial institutions will then be able to extend new loans to the real sector.

76.   Again, wider correspondent relationships could be arranged, larger loans could be extended with acceptable equity, deposit and asset ratios.

77.   Analysts said banks must extend more loans for the non-performing loan ratio to go down.

78.   Analysts say most banks currently cannot extend loans and are desperate to collect on outstanding loans so they can satisfy depositor and creditor payment demands.

79.   And some businesses operating in Burma told reporters in Bangkok that the government was pressuring them to extend it loans in dollars.

80.   Asian bankers have been less than prudent and have extended loans based on personal relationships rather than the viability and ability of their clients to repay their loans.