ABN-Amro, Banque Nationale de Paris, Bank of America, Citibank, and American Express that dominate trading in the New Taiwan dollar, and especially in currency derivatives.

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Delezenski, the senior vice president in charge of trade finance and commodities and Wall Street lending at Banque Nationale de Paris, which is owned by the French Government.

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Some board members are keen on a European investment-banking tie-up, perhaps with Banque Nationale de Paris, which recently took control of a rival French bank, Paribas, and which has a longstanding alliance (and small cross-shareholding) with Dresdner.

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