61.   ING said the new branch will focus on trade and commodity finance, project finance, capital markets activities, treasury and corporate banking as well as private banking.

62.   Last September, Asahi and Tokai agreed to form an alliance in fields such as private banking and mutual fund marketing.

63.   Operating revenues declined in the fourth quarter in investment banking and in investment management and private banking, J.P. Morgan said.

64.   Private banking is individualized banking for wealthy investors.

65.   Private banking exploded in all three countries after the Soviet collapse, but many of the banks were undercapitalized and the whole financial system was poorly regulated.

66.   Swiss banking group Credit Suisse is to close its private banking offices in the United States and Canada within six months, the group said Thursday.

67.   Swiss banking group Credit Suisse is to close its private banking offices in the United States and Canada within six months, the group said Wednesday.

68.   The banks said they would form three Japan-based joint ventures in investment banking, asset management and private banking in Japan and around the world.

69.   Syria has approved private banking and ended its artificial exchange rates, taking two significant steps toward easing government control of the economy.

70.   The banks plan to form ventures in investment banking, asset management and private banking in Japan and around the world.