By Jonathan Stempel, Reuters


The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s bid to open a bank in Utah has generated more than 1,000 comments, more than any other application subject to public commentary.


In a letter dated Thursday to members of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services, FDIC Chairman Donald Powell said the agency would look into whether holding public hearings on the application by the world’s largest retailer is in the public interest.


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