The sort of thing a banker would expect a man to do, walk away from something the moment any problem arose, thought Abel.

Within a few years, however, some bankers expect debit cards to be used for 3 percent of all transactions.

He said the bankers do not expect to see their operations closed in the United States.

Most bankers here were already expecting Mexico to request a new loan package of up to $6 billion next year.

Cash withdrawals from banks have been three to four times normal this week, far higher than bankers had expected.

Over the next few years, many bankers and fund managers expect mergers to become even more common here.

The bank package that is nearly completed differs from what bankers and some analysts had expected in the spring.

Nevertheless, some bankers expect the number of these collateralized obligations to double next year.

Most bankers expect the competitive pressures will only increase.

Previously, he said, bankers had expected that American would not file before late in the spring.