FDIC puts six-month halt on approvals of industrial banks

Saturday, July 29, 2006

WASHINGTON -- Bank regulators have halted for six months any new approvals of the sort of industrial banks that Wal-Mart, Home Depot and 12 other companies are seeking to establish.

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