In 1986 it was merged with the Bank Inspection Agency and the Broker Control Agency to form the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway.
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Tokyo prosecutors raided the Ministry of Finance's bank inspection office and arrested two officials on charges of bribery, officials of the prosecutor's office said.
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But this potential diversification was limited by the restrictive central control of the Exchequer, the National Debt Commissioners and the Trustee Savings Bank Inspection Committee.
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The chief of Japan's financial reform program said Friday he would not resign despite mounting criticism over his remarks suggesting that bank inspections would be lenient.
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The head of a bank inspection agency to be created this summer will also have authority to determine which banks may receive payments from the fund.
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In a widening crackdown on collusion between government and business, dozens of investigators from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office raided the ministry's bank inspections division Monday evening.
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An internal World Bank inspection panel reported last month that the bank had violated its own guidelines when it approved the Chinese proposal to aid poverty-stricken farmers in Qinghai.
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The new round of bank inspections was aimed at determining the health of loans to major companies whose falling share prices indicated investors believed they were in bad shape.
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Tokyo prosecutors raided the Ministry of Finance's bank inspection office following media reports that banks and securities companies bribed ministry officials to receive favorable regulatory treatment and underwriting business.
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Japan's Ministry of Finance released a proposal to reform itself, declaring its commitment to strengthening bank inspections, curtailing its " guidance " of the financial industry and promoting information disclosure.