1.   Banks also incur costs cashing checks.

2.   Later, though, Krikava was required to pay the legal fees that the bank incurred as a result of the bankruptcy hearings.

3.   Some banks also have incurred losses by purchasing derivative securities for their own portfolios.

4.   In Japan, where economic stagnation has dragged on for eight years, many banks are incurring mounting bad debts.

5.   Previously, the central bank did not allow this for fear that local banks could incur heavy debts.

6.   But he frankly admitted that the government had to tackle urgently the issues blocking the Japanese economy, notably the enormous bad debts incurred by banks.