1.   Banking industry analyst Jim Bradshaw, a former California banking regulator, said he believes the Washington Mutual formula will work well here.

2.   Banking regulators are no more powerful against economic tides than are shorefront property owners glumly regarding waves eroding their beachfront.

3.   Banking regulators said there is no need for Congress to pass new laws to address the rise in consumers debt.

4.   Bankers want federal banking regulators to retain their right to oversee the ability of national banks to enter insurance markets.

5.   Banking regulators in the United States and Western Europe normally forbid rollovers on obviously soured loans and require them to be written off for a loss.

6.   Banking regulators, meanwhile, are quietly voicing concern over the exposure banks have to risky communications debt.

7.   Banking regulators, prosecutors and consumer advocates in several states have questioned the legality of these cards.

8.   A recent analysis in The Economist portrays a leading U.S. banking regulator as being increasingly concerned about banks underestimating their credit risks.

9.   But the collapse did prompt federal banking regulators to seek an order banning Talmo from the U.S. banking industry, to which he ultimately agreed.

10.   But the Republic of Texas mailing has attracted attention of top state banking regulators.