1.   The bank is also sending out apologies to account holders who received the notices.

2.   These include a legislated settlement by Congress and a recommendation that the United States send statements to account holders and ask them to confirm or dispute the balances.

3.   Banks can also choose to roadcast information that they find necessary or useful to account holders.

4.   Many account holders were not Holocaust victims.

5.   The suit said the company should have returned the money to account holders or given it to the state.

6.   They are talking to account holders to reassure them and introducing them to other small lenders.

7.   But the surprising decision Friday opens the door to account holders trying to access their money, the court spokesman said.