The American bank may be plugged into the system early next year, he said.

Top American banks earn 5 to 10 times as much.

Late last week, the company said it earned about $2.2 billion in 1993, a record for an American bank.

American banks have lent about 2 percent of the total.

But most American banks have been cutting back since then.

So far, it says a major American bank has also expressed interest in the system.

Last year, it earned $2.2 billion, a record for an American bank.

The American bank- ing system will not go down on us.

"If the deal was so good, where were the American banks?"

This is not going to be easy, but most American banks have problems today.