He is working to persuade banks, credit card and car rental companies to use his software to program accounts to trace refundable value-added taxes.

Incredibly, these problems have not persuaded Japanese banks to turn off the taps to deadbeat borrowers.

Malcolm L. Sherman said the troubled company must now persuade banks and customers that it can survive.

You persuaded Japanese banks during a time of national emergency to invest in pine sap?

He has, for example, been a leader of efforts to persuade Swiss banks to return deposits to families of Holocaust victims.

Lucent persuaded banks to promise $2 billion to extend a one-year line.

Bush administration officials have persuaded American and international banks and governments to seize about $80 billion linked to nearly 170 businesses and individuals.

Persuading banks to risk their capital in an emerging neighborhood, though, can be tough.

The Brady plan aims to promote economic growth in developing countries by persuading banks to forgive part of their loans.

There can hardly ever have been a tougher time to persuade banks to part with their money.