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Institution that deals in money and its substitutes and provides other financial services.
Banks accept deposits and make loans and derive a profit from the difference in the interest paid to lenders (depositors) and charged to borrowers, respectively. They also profit from fees charged for services. The three major classes of banks are commercial bank s, investment bank s, and central bank s. Banking depends entirely on public confidence in the system's soundness; no bank could pay all its depositors should they simultaneously demand cash, as may happen in a panic . See also credit union ; Federal Reserve System ; savings and loan association ; savings bank .
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Bank of Canada
Bank of England
Bank of the United States
Bank War
blood bank
central bank
commercial bank
development bank
Green Bank equation
Export Import Bank of the United States Ex Im Bank
Georges Bank
Inter American Development Bank
International Bank for Economic Cooperation
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
investment bank
national bank
savings bank
West Bank
wildcat bank
World Bank
Banks Island
Banks Peninsula
Banks Ernie
Ernest Banks
Banks Russell
Banks Sir Joseph
Grand Banks
Liverpool Robert Banks Jenkinson 2nd earl of
Mullis Kary Banks
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Chemical Banking Corp.
electronic banking