Bank

Definition

Bank denotes any type of depository institution, usually (but not necessarily) a for-profit corporation, that accepts deposits, makes loans, pays checks, and performs related services, for individual members of the public, businesses or other organizations.

It is usually a regulated financial institution which operated under a Banking License. The range of activities such diverse ones as commercial, retail,and investment banking.

Categories

Banks can be categorized in a number of ways:

Sponsoring Legal Entity

• Community Bank
• Commercial Bank
• State Bank
• Supranational Bank

Nature of Clients

• Retail Bank
• Private Bank
• Corporate Bank
• Investment Bank

See Also

• Banking Business Models
• Barron's Dictionary of Banking Terms, Sixth Edition, 2012

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