1.   Competition is relatively strong in UK corporate banking and would suggest reasonable costs of borrowing vis-a-vis the risks taken on.

2.   Analysts applauded the acquisition, saying BayBanks brings a much-need consumer thrust to Bank of Boston, which has concentrated on Latin American and corporate banking.

3.   And he worries that the volatility of corporate banking will distract investors from the more stable and profitable consumer franchise.

4.   As corporate banking eventually took a back seat to investment banking at Lazard, Evans began to oversee a wider range of operations.

5.   Aside from Chia, David Gibson, who was responsible for emerging markets corporate banking, today said he will retire at the end of March.

6.   BankBoston said some businesses, including corporate banking and global capital markets, would be excluded from the review.

7.   Banking has never truly been about finance, say those who are remaking the staid world of corporate banking.

8.   Banque Paribas, which focuses on investment and corporate banking, had repeatedly insisted that it did not want to merge with an ordinary commercial bank.

9.   Benefits from the merger have already helped the bottom line in corporate banking, Citigroup said.

10.   About half of the cutbacks will be in corporate banking, as BankAmerica pares its traditional operations in Japan and the developed countries in Europe.