"Some will say the merger shows that big banks are gaining enough power on their own, without need for reforms," he said.

The bank also gained a five lane drive through facility.

Nevertheless, China's banking industry has remained in the government's hands even though banks have gained more autonomy.

In April 1995 the bank gained its 500,000th customer.

While the thrift industry is declining, the banks are gaining power.

For the best-managed banks can only gain by telling a fuller story.

The bank has gained its funding from different sources, and the main contributors have shifted over time.

In other words, banks gained extra security for their loans, allowing them to make borrowing less expensive.

From that time, Russian banks gained an outlet to the stock market.

Other banks whose loans to less developed countries account for a smaller portion of their capital also gained.