1.   Also bullish on Latin America is Santander Investment, part of the largest foreign banking group in Latin America.

2.   Among the purchases were the life and property insurance units of Credit Commercial de France and the French business of Fortis, the Belgian-Dutch banking group.

3.   And in Puerto Rico, Banco Santander is the second largest banking group.

4.   Banking groups have said they will not press for any solution that would cause closure of credit unions.

5.   Banking groups have won a series of court victories in their effort to restrict credit union membership.

6.   Banking groups said they viewed the proposal primarily as an increase in their financing costs.

7.   Both are units of Swiss banking group CS Holding AG.

8.   Both New York-based BEA Associates and London-based CSIM are affiliates of the Swiss banking group CS Holding AG.

9.   After the merger, Lee ran the loan syndications business under Mark Solow, who had been head of the global banking group of Manufacturers Hanover.

10.   All five U.S. and international corporate banking groups will be headed by BofA executives and report to Brown.