At the time it became one of the most powerful banks in the world.

Germany's powerful central bank threw its weight around on fundamental political issues.

It was one of the most powerful banks of the period.

He also appointed a leading official of West Germany's powerful central bank as his personal adviser on uniting the two nation's currencies.

Such a tide of opposition to the powerful banks in the normally stagnant Senate would have been unthinkable two years ago.

Oneksim Bank won that battle, only to unleash a bitter war with other powerful banks that lost out.

In the late nineteen-nineties, Citi was going to be the world's most powerful bank.

In retrospect, the era of powerful banks seems simpler and more attractive.

That is why so small a group of internationally powerful banks are repeatedly chosen as lead managers.

Technology makes it possible for powerful banks from Europe and Japan to compete aggressively across national boundaries.