51.   The scale of the merger -- placing investment banking, commercial banking, retail brokerage and insurance under one roof - staggers the imagination.

52.   Trade finance and commercial banking activities involving mainland-linked entities helped greatly.

53.   He said the bank had so far been concentrating on commercial banking and trade finance.

54.   Economists say the bank strike has severely crippled business, causing huge loses in trade, foreign transactions and normal commercial banking.

55.   Finance Minister Amnuay Virawan said on Thursday that more than two new commercial banking licences could be issued to encourage more mergers.

56.   The bank has sinced been closed, drying up cash flows to the commercial banking sector.

57.   The Argentine government is studying a proposal that would essentially leave the entire commercial banking business to the private sector, the Clarin daily reported Monday.

58.   The figures reflect the continuation of difficult conditions for commercial banking in France and in Europe generally, affecting business volumes, margins on resources, and commissions.