Sentence examples for bank blocking from inspiring English sources

The Federal Reserve also levied an unprecedented penalty against the bank, blocking its ability to expand.

Last month, the Federal Reserve levied an unprecedented penalty against the bank, blocking its ability to expand.

At day's end, the army announced that it was tightening its blockade of towns and villages in Palestinian-controlled areas of the West Bank, blocking off all approaches to those areas.

Two days after Alibaba announced plans to offer the card, China's central bank blocked the company's plans.

The Dutch central bank blocked the deal, though, and when the state nationalized Fortis's Dutch assets in October, ABN AMRO attempted to back out entirely.

After a court rejected an appeal by protesters, officers surrounded the park next to the downtown building that houses the bank, blocked off the adjacent streets and began dismantling tents.

And it's perpetuating zombie banks, blocking economic recovery.

One reason is the exclusivity agreements that money transmitters sign with local agents and banks, blocking would-be entrants.

During the Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps built an artificial dune that survives today along much of the length of the Banks, blocking the overwash of sand.

Both rivers that run through Cockermouth – the town worst affected by the flooding – burst their banks, blocking roads and forcing more than 200 people from their homes.

This safeguard should preclude any possibility of banks "blocking" the market for new payment services.