1.   Banks carrying on offshore banking business in Labuan are not subject to exchange controls.

2.   Such transactions are recorded in a separate set of books from purely domestic banking business.

3.   The focus of interest here is the extent to which the building societies are likely to make inroads into traditional banking business.

4.   The banking department deals with all the other banking business, is classified as part of the banking sector, and falls within the UK monetary sector.

5.   Although total fee income is rising, some of the fees reflect fundamental changes in the banking business.

6.   As the banking business expands, institutions will have to increase the proportion of banks in their portfolio accordingly.

7.   As an alternative, Hill suggested that investment banks no longer be allowed to pay analysts based on the banking business they help generate.

8.   BankBoston said in October that it hired Aston Associates, a consulting firm, to review its regional banking business.

9.   Bad debts, of course, are the oldest news in the banking business.

10.   Banks are pushing into the stock brokerage and insurance businesses, enabling brokers and agents to poke into your banking business.