Western banks hope to help resolve the situation - and make a profit for themselves at the same time.

And the bank hopes to introduce one of them in a year's time.

In 2005, the central bank hopes to bring inflation down to 5.1 percent.

The banks hope that this would give them a much stronger position.

Now, the bank is hoping for $3 billion by the time the offering ends Monday.

The bank hoped such a vote of confidence would stop the sell off, but that failed, too.

The banks hope these new systems can take them out of the hole they have dug for themselves with current computer banking.

He said the bank hoped to cut those costs by about $500 million a year.

The banks will be hoping this is a turning point in the crisis.

The banks apparently hope to force a settlement by making their offer public.