Sentence examples for converted to a bank from inspiring English sources

GMAC, which converted to a bank holding company last year, is the only other bank.

The 181st Street restaurant was converted to a bank in 1978, and apparently the facade was covered at this time with a tight skin of panels.

GMAC, a 90-year-old auto and home lender that was converted to a bank holding company last year to qualify for bailout financing, is the only bank of the 19 subjected to the stress tests that has been unable to borrow more capital from private investors.

Goldman, which converted to a bank holding company during the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, trades more aggressively than most, and it also runs hedge funds and private-equity funds.

GMAC had been negotiating an injection of between $3 billion and $6 billion, which would come on top of the more than $12 billion the government has given it since December, when GMAC converted to a bank holding company.

Mr Hardern has twice tried, and failed, to force the Nationwide to convert to a bank.

The society faces a vote in April on whether it should convert to a bank.

We had to convert to a bank holding company and were forced to accept a taxpayer bailout.

Mr Hardern, who has twice tried and failed to force the Nationwide to convert to a bank, hopes to use the power of the internet to rally supporters.

The Federal Reserve allowed it to convert to a bank holding company last year, a move that allowed it to apply for rescue help from the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP.

So far, Bradford & Bingley is the only society to agree to give members the chance to vote on whether it should convert to a bank.