WASHINGTON
Banks with large, interstate branch networks benefit most from mergers,
Despite charges of censorship, several credit union trade associations
REGIONAL
Washington Mutual is launching a California advertising blitz. Page
COMMUNITY
An Asian-American bank in Los Angeles is focusing on another ethnic
MORTGAGES
PNC Bank said that it would buy Arcand Co., a Portland, Ore., investor
CARDS
Boeing awarded its giant commercial card contract to a GE Capital unit.
Richard J. Srednicki, a prominent credit card and marketing executive
TECHNOLOGY
Bisys Group is the latest outsourcing company to offer a service aimed
International financial regulators created a Web site to track year-2000
INVESTMENT PRODUCTS
Dime Bancorp is crediting a simplified sales process for boosting sales
Alliance Capital Management hired a Putnam Investments executive to head
CORPORATE FINANCE
Japanese and European banks put billions of dollars of loans up for
MARKETS
U.S. bankers who met with Indonesian officials in New York this week
Investors are betting on a renewed wave of bank mergers in the coming