But cellphones may be the solution for a number of banking problems.

Monday's discussion at the Assembly focussed on both country's economic and banking problems.

But that slowed down in 1996 from bad finance deals and other banking problems.

For example, as suggested earlier, the Japanese need not fix their banking problems in precisely the way we fixed ours.

Another aspect of this scandal that makes for public indifference is the banking problem.

Other experts say the banking problem should be manageable.

THE debt burden of the less developed countries can no longer be treated just as a banking problem.

"I expect Takenaka to take all the necessary steps to fix the banking problems," he said.

Yet any comparison with the troubled savings and loan industry quickly shows that at this point banking problems are not comparable.

"It's a terrible price for small businesses to pay for the banking problems."