51.   The government has also helped almost all commercial banks by purchasing a portion of their loan portfolios when shareholders agreed to invest new capital in the companies.

52.   The exchange will make it easier to assess risks of new loans, prevent fraud, manage loan portfolios and locate skipped accounts, according to Equifax.

53.   The new owners cleaned up the loan portfolio, bought thrifts in California and sold operations outside the state.

54.   The merger agreement would have Gunnar S. Overstrom, president and chief executive of Shawmut Bank Connecticut, run the small-business loan portfolio out of Hartford.

55.   The quality of the loan portfolios at Colombian financial institutions deteriorated in April, the banking superintendency said.

56.   The removal of these penalties would cut the amount Cityscape earns from its loan portfolio, hurting its earnings.

57.   They were in no mood for a unproven, tiny community bank whose loan portfolio and lifeblood could be devastated by an economic downturn or change in interest rates.

58.   Thrifts would be sounder if they diversified their loan portfolios, Greenspan said.

59.   To service the same sized loan portfolio, banks need to keep on hand less than half the capital required of a mortgage banker.

60.   Today, Ludwig announced that the agency will offer banks additional guidance on how to manage their loan portfolios in the first quarter of next year.