31. Midas had built up an impressive user base of international branch banking and treasury operations in the previous decades. 32. Also tapping the bond market was Branch Banking & AMP; Trust Co ., Kroger Inc . and Societe Generale. 33. Profits from branch banking compensated for a lack of growth in its Direct Line insurance subsidiary, the bank said. 34. "North Carolina had statewide branch banking since the beginning, " which was not the case in Georgia, he said. 35. *Branch Banking in Wilson, North Carolina, is incorrectly listed on the nominating form as " 124 West Nash Street ". 36. As a result Citibank has lost market share slightly in recent years although the cost-cutting has bolstered branch banking profits. 37. In the House of Representatives, Representative Steagall opposed even the revised Glass bill with its limited permission for branch banking . 38. Wells Fargo was an early leader in grocery store and Internet banking, moving its focus away from traditional branch banking . 39. Anderson presented arguments for new legislation that would allow and support for more branch banking to be accessible in Canada. 40. But the bank has been ambivalent about expanding in branch banking and has seemed to favor acquisitions in securities processing.