1.   Even though California banks are not rushing to announce new ATM fees, researcher Shields expects many will impose them.

2.   Russian banks rushed to buy as many dollars as they could.

3.   At the time, other Spanish banks rushed to lower their fixed-mortgage rates and also launch new variable-rate products to attract new customers.

4.   Banks have been rushing to unload these so-called cross-shareholdings to avoid recognizing losses on them when the accounting rules change next year.

5.   Banks have been rushing to get into Florida, one of the fastest growing states in the nation.

6.   In the U.S., banks are rushing to join forces to become more efficient, particularly as they prepare for an era of unrestricted interstate banking.

7.   It filed for court mediation because banks rushed to call in loans to protect their own capital to meet IMF standards.

8.   More banks have rushed in to compete for that business, too.

9.   Once again, speculation is rampant about which banks will rush to the altar next.