1.   State banks are virtually insolvent due to politically-directed lending.

2.   ...a deep mistrust of state banks.

3.   The plan also proposed the realignment of the responsibilities of state banks.

4.   Most of the money was expected to be used to restructure and computerize the nine state banks.

5.   Banco Popular y de los Andes was created earlier through the merger of two state banks - Banco Popular and Banco Andino.

6.   Banco Popular y de los Andes was created earlier through the merger of two state banks -- Banco Popular and Banco Andino.

7.   Bemge will be the second state-controlled bank sold by Minas Gerais, and the latest in a string of state banks Brazil plans to sell.

8.   -- Venezuela said it will merge two state banks prior to their sale later this year to offer a stronger bank to investors and save the government money.

9.   A stronger local currency has helped Vietnam import capital equipment it needs to modernize its backward factories and repay its heavy state bank debt at favorable prices.

10.   A state bank took over the troubled institution, ending the crisis.