"The first thing I knew, the banker called me and said, "Can you come to town?

One banker called it "less a takeover fight than a corporate soap opera on an international scale."

Liberalisation is what bankers call deregulation: the process that caused the financial crash.

What the bankers call a character loan, the very best risk there is.

This was a bluff, and if the banker called it, he wouldn't have the cards.

Fact was, I was what the bankers call more a liability than an asset.

The banker then calls for a printout showing expected monthly payments.

When a worried banker called and asked, "How's my collateral?"

Sometimes it is a straightforward matter of getting local bankers or small businessmen to call their Congressman.

What bankers call excess capacity, the public sees as competition.