1.   In a number of LDCs commercial banks have also followed the English orthodoxy of branch banking.

2.   Analysts said the stock rose because banks are rolling out a new generation of ATMs that will offer expanded services as an alternative to branch banking.

3.   Banks, especially those in New England, also face tighter profit margins from traditional branch banking.

4.   A bill that would remove the remaining barriers to branch banking across state lines was set for passage after House and Senate negotiators resolved their differences.

5.   But the bank has been ambivalent about expanding in branch banking and has seemed to favor acquisitions in securities processing.

6.   In credit cards, mortgages, branch banking and other consumer banking businesses, Chase is planning relatively minor changes in strategy.

7.   It would be the biggest bank in syndicated lending, trading revenue and mortgage servicing, as well as consumer deposits and branch banking in New York.

8.   Kourounis said he was told he needed to shift from commercial lending to retail branch banking if he wanted to stay with Wells Fargo.

9.   Lewis, then the head of branch banking, was assigned to bring order out of the chaos.

10.   Profits from branch banking compensated for a lack of growth in its Direct Line insurance subsidiary, the bank said.