Banks

The corporation of A. Schaaffhausen'scher Bank Association was a bank based in Cologne and was the first joint stock company legally recognised as a Bank in Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "A. Schaaffhausen'scher Bank Association"

The Adirondack Trust Company is the largest independent community Bank in Saratoga County, New York. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adirondack Trust Company"

An advising bank, in international trade, is a bank operating for the exporter in the exporter's country; the bank which handles letters of credit for foreign banks. An advising bank informs the exporter of the conditions of the letter of credit without ...more on Wikipedia about "Advising bank"

Banco Intercontinental (or Baninter) was the second largest privately held commercial bank in the Dominican Republic before collapsing in 2003 in a spectacular fraud tied to political corruption. The resulting deficit of US$2.2B was equal to 12% to 15% of the Dominican national gross domestic product. The size of the bank collapse and the mishandling of it by the administration of President Hipolito Mejia contributed materially to the Dominican economy entering a prolonged steep decline. ...more on Wikipedia about "Banco Intercontinental"

A bank is an institution that provides financial service, particularly taking deposits and extending credit. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bank"

Bank Alfalah Limited was incorporated on June 21, 1997 as a public limited company under the Companies Ordinance 1984. Its banking operations commenced from November 1, 1997. The bank is engaged in commercial banking and related services as defined in the Banking companies ordinance, 1962. The Bank is currently operating through 104 branches in 36 cities, with the registered office at B.A.Building, I.I.Chundrigar, Karachi. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bank Alfalah"

A Bankers' Bank is a financial institution that provides financial services to other banks, in particular, community banks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bankers' bank"

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BankID is a new concept for identification and signing over the internet. It builds on a new business model that makes it possible to launch large PKI solutions in an economically justified manner. The BankID concept also builds on the users that the banks already have identified for access to their internet banks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bankid"

The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) is a federal public company that is associated to the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. Its objective is the financing of endeavors that contribute towards the development of Brazil. ...more on Wikipedia about "BNDES"

The Chatham Islands Note Corporation was the private organisation that was set up to issue the two series of Chatham Islands notes in 2000 and 2001. It planned to issue coins in 2001, but their activities were curtailed upon the instruction of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. The Chatham Islands Note Corporation ceased to operate some time in 2003. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chatham Islands Note Corporation"

Clearstream Banking (CB) is a Bank and a transaction clearing company based in Luxembourg ( Europe) created in January 2000. CB was previously known as Cedel (est. 1971); as Cedel, it specialized in clearing until 1996 when it changed into a bank. It has been accused by investigative reporter Denis Robert and Attac of being a major part in the underground economy, a main platform of money laundering for hundreds of banks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clearstream"

A commercial bank is a type of financial intermediary and a type of bank. It raises funds by collecting deposits from businesses and consumers via checkable deposits, savings deposits, and time deposits. It makes loans to businesses and consumers. It also buys corporate bonds and government bonds. Its primary liabilities are deposits and primary assets are loans and bonds. ...more on Wikipedia about "Commercial bank"

Community development banks (CDBs) are a special kind of bank designed to serve the residents of and spur economic development in low to moderate income (LMI) areas. When CDBs provide retail banking services, they usually target customers from "financially underserved" demographics. Community development banks can apply for formal certification as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. ...more on Wikipedia about "Community development bank"

In finance, a custodian bank, or simply custodian, refers to a financial institution responsible for safeguarding a firm's or individual's financial assets. The role of a custodian in such a case would be the following: to hold in safekeeping assets such as equities and bonds, arrange settlement of any purchases and sales of such securities, collect information on and income from such assets ( dividends in the case of equities and interest in the case of bonds), provide information on the underlying companies and their annual general meetings, manage cash transactions, perform foreign exchange transactions where required and provide regular reporting on all their activities to their clients. Custodian banks are often referred to as global custodians if they hold assets for their clients in multiple jurisdictions around the world, using their own local branches or other local custodian banks in each market to hold accounts for their underlying clients. Assets held in such a manner are typically owned by pension funds. ...more on Wikipedia about "Custodian bank" Please inform your friends about www.shortopedia.com

In relation to American Depositary Receipts (or ADRs), a depository bank is a U.S. bank that issues depository receipts. This is done upon request from its local custodian bank in the country outside the U.S. where the stocks trade, to issue ADRs representing a certain number of shares to be traded in an American stock market. The depository bank has numerous responsibilities to the holders of ADRs and to the non-U.S. company the ADRs represent. ...more on Wikipedia about "Depositry bank"

I-brokers are "bankers for data" - trusted third parties that help people and organizations share private data the same way banks help people and organizations exchange funds. The term was introduced in the Social Web paper describing how a new layer of Internet infrastructure is possible based on the OASIS XRI and XDI specifications. ...more on Wikipedia about "I-broker"

Lombard banking is a historical term for a type of banking developed in the Middle ages, especially in the prosperous northern Italian region of Lombardy (hence the name) and neighbouring southern France (notable the city of Cahors, hence also known as cahorsins in French, as well as lombards). ...more on Wikipedia about "Lombard Banking"

The Malian Solidarity Bank ( French: La Banque malienne de solidarité or BMS-SA) is a Malian company created in 2002 through an initiative of President Alpha Oumar Konaré. This socially-activist bank, based on a Tunisian model, has the struggle against poverty and unemployment as its main objective. ...more on Wikipedia about "Malian Solidarity Bank"

In banking, a merchant bank is a traditional term for an Investment Bank. It can also used to describe the private equity activities of banking. This article is about the history of banking as developed by merchants, from the Middle Ages onwards. ...more on Wikipedia about "Merchant bank"

Michele Sindona (died 1986) was an Italian banker and convicted felon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Michele Sindona"

A Mortgage bank specializes in originating and/or servicing mortgage loans. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mortgage bank" The view on http://www.shortopedia.com.

A mutual bank is a bank owned by the depositors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mutual bank"

A mutual savings bank is a financial institution chartered by a state or federal government to provide a safe place for individuals to save and to invest those savings in mortgages, loans, stocks, bonds and other securities. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mutual savings bank"

The term national bank has several meanings: ...more on Wikipedia about "National bank"

NextCard, Inc. was one of the first issuers of credit cards online, and the first to offer instant online approval. It's headquarters were located in San Francisco, Californa and maintained offices in Livermore, California and at 44th St and Van Buren in Phoenix, Arizona. The issuing bank was known as NextBank and was fully owned by NextCard, Inc. ...more on Wikipedia about "NextCard"

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