61.   Under the program, the Fund for Bank Savings Protection, the government helped weak banks by buying bad loan portfolios while requiring investors to inject fresh capital.

62.   Wells Fargo is in a commanding position because it is the only potential buyer that could easily digest both the bank and the loan portfolio.

63.   While banks must disclose the overall size of their loan portfolios, they never divulge the names of borrowers, citing client confidentiality.

64.   With an International Monetary Fund auditing team expected to arrive here later this fall, the government also promised to monitor bank loans portfolio more strictly.

65.   A Bank of Commerce official said the bank has always been stringent with its loans portfolio.

66.   Actually, our loan portfolio is of good quality.

67.   Almost all telecom firms have high dollar exposures in their loan portfolio.

68.   As the offshore banks serve a global market, the loans portfolio was well diversified in the region.

69.   Bad loans account for more than percent of its loan portfolio.

70.   Bank stocks were among the big losers as the foreign market setbacks raised new fears about the soundness of loan portfolios.