81.   Motoinvest officials Monday refuted the charges, contending the transactions had been approved by bank regulators to save the bank.

82.   The Bankers Association and federal bank regulators said the closures were illegal because only the Finance Ministry has the right to order closures.

83.   The combination must still be approved by bank regulators.

84.   The sale is subject to the approval of bank regulators and shareholders.

85.   The proposal will also need approval from bank regulators and the federal antimonopoly commission.

86.   The Swiss bank regulator recently rebuked six institutions for failing to take sufficient care in accepting millions of dollars linked to the late Nigerian dictator Gen. Sani Abacha.

87.   Tough steps by bank regulators to mend ailing banks and take over insolvent ones were beginning to restore confidence in the financial system, he said.

88.   US Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan said Monday bank regulators should make use of emerging technologies to create new ways of measuring risk.

89.   Singapore is raising the minimum capital fund requirement of locally incorporated banks and is moving to work with foreign bank regulators to prevent financial crises, officials said Wednesday.