WASHINGTON
With a House vote on financial reform expected next week, the Bankers Roundtable on Friday offered its own rewrite of the legislation. Page 2
INVESTMENT PRODUCTS
First Chicago NBD's retirement services arm is gearing up to sell "nonqualified plans" to the bank's corporate clients. Page 10
CORPORATE FINANCE
Aiming to increase liquidity in Japan's capital markets, Bankers Trust New York has begun arranging stock splits that let Japanese banks and corporations sell off cross-holdings. Page 12
TECHNOLOGY
Shares of Fundtech, a developer of payment software, rose on an announcement of better-than-expected earnings. Page 14
Earl Johnson, a government securities dealer at West Coast banks for 20 years, is about to launch a software package designed to give small or regional banks easy access to the repo market. Page 15
CARDS
Stopping people from filing for bankruptcy has become a full-time job for some people in banking, and a small Buffalo consulting company is capitalizing on the trend. Page 18
MARKET MONITOR
Long considered the choice of value investors, bank stocks are increasingly catching the eye of growth investors. Page 25
As the turn of the century approaches, the U.S. economy is running like a well-oiled machine. But there are some threatening clouds in the distance. Page 25
WEEKLY REPORT: SMALL BUSINESS
A Baltimore commercial bank and a thrift in Wilmington, Del., are both trying to stave off increased competition in the small-business arena from First Union. Page 8
Small-business bank lending is soaring, according to an SBA study - especially at the low end of the scale. Page 8