diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 25dad72..8a48215 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ version 1.6.0 (xx MMM 2013)
  - added an optional argument to \moderncvstyle to specify style options, i.e.
  \moderncvstyle[options]{style}.
  - added style options to the banking style, to specify how the section- and
- subsectionrules should behave: "fullrules", "shortrules", "mixedrules" (full
- rules for sections, short rules for subsections) and "norules".
+ subsectionrules should behave: "fullrules", "shortrules", "mixedrules"
+(default; full rules for sections, short rules for subsections) and "norules".
  - corrected the color of \addressstyle to match the one effectively used
  (color2).
  - added a check on the emptyness of \title when setting the hyperref document
diff --git a/examples/template_banking_red.pdf b/examples/template_banking_red.pdf
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diff --git a/examples/template_casual_orange.pdf b/examples/template_casual_orange.pdf
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diff --git a/examples/template_multibib.pdf b/examples/template_multibib.pdf
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diff --git a/moderncvstylebanking.sty b/moderncvstylebanking.sty
index e946ea6..1f75237 100644
--- a/moderncvstylebanking.sty
+++ b/moderncvstylebanking.sty
@@ -10,7 +10,25 @@
 %                identification
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
-\ProvidesPackage{moderncvstylebanking}[2013/04/29 v1.5.1 modern curriculum vitae and letter style scheme: banking]
+\ProvidesPackage{moderncvstylebanking}[2013/04/29 v1.5.1 modern curriculum vitae and letter style scheme: bank]
+
+\newcommand*{\sectionrule}{}
+\newcommand*{\subsectionrule}{}
+\DeclareOption{fullrules}{
+  \renewcommand*{\sectionrule}{\par\nobreak\vspace*{-.7\baselineskip}\leavevmode{\color{color1}\leaders\hbox{\rule{1pt}{0.4pt}}\hfill\kern0pt}}
+  \renewcommand*{\subsectionrule}{\par\nobreak\vspace*{-.7\baselineskip}\leavevmode{\color{color1}\xleaders\hbox to 0.35em{\scriptsize.}\hfill}}}% different subsectionrules will not be perfectly aligned, but remaining space at the end of the fill will be distributed evenly between leaders, so it will be barely visible}
+\DeclareOption{shortrules}{
+  \renewcommand*{\sectionrule}{\leavevmode{\color{color1}\leaders\hbox{\rule{1pt}{0.4pt}}\hfill\kern0pt}}
+  \renewcommand*{\subsectionrule}{\leavevmode{\color{color1}\xleaders\hbox to 0.35em{\scriptsize.}\hfill}}}% different subsectionrules will not be perfectly aligned, but remaining space at the end of the fill will be distributed evenly between leaders, so it will be barely visible}}
+\DeclareOption{mixedrules}{
+  \renewcommand*{\sectionrule}{\par\nobreak\vspace*{-.7\baselineskip}\leavevmode{\color{color1}\leaders\hbox{\rule{1pt}{0.4pt}}\hfill\kern0pt}}
+  \renewcommand*{\subsectionrule}{\leavevmode{\color{color1}\xleaders\hbox to 0.35em{\scriptsize.}\hfill}}}% different subsectionrules will not be perfectly aligned, but remaining space at the end of the fill will be distributed evenly between leaders, so it will be barely visible}}
+\DeclareOption{norules}{
+  \renewcommand*{\sectionrule}{}
+  \renewcommand*{\subsectionrule}{}}
+
+\ExecuteOptions{mixedrules}
+\ProcessOptions\relax
 
 
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -164,15 +182,15 @@
   \phantomsection{}% reset the anchor for hyperrefs
   \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{#2}%
   \strut\sectionstyle{#2}%
-  {\color{color1}\hrule}%
+  \sectionrule%
   \par\nobreak\addvspace{1ex}\@afterheading}
 
-\newcommand{\subsectionfill}{\xleaders\hbox to 0.35em{\scriptsize.}\hfill}% different subsectionfills will not be perfectly aligned, but remaining space at the end of the fill will be distributed evenly between leaders, so it will be barely visible
 \RenewDocumentCommand{\subsection}{sm}{%
   \par\addvspace{1ex}%
   \phantomsection{}%
   \addcontentsline{toc}{subsection}{#2}%
-  \strut\subsectionstyle{#2}{\color{color1}{\subsectionfill}}%
+  \strut\subsectionstyle{#2}%
+  \subsectionrule%
   \par\nobreak\addvspace{0.5ex}\@afterheading}
 
 \renewcommand*{\cvitem}[3][.25em]{%