noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
electronic banking
Internet banking
Internet shopping/banking
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The new regulations will increase customer confidence in Internet shopping.
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Internet banking saves customers a lot of time.
online banking
telephone banking
the economic/banking system
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There are fears that the whole banking system could collapse.
the financial/banking sector (= the part of the economy to do with money and finance )
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The UK financial sector is looking healthier than ever.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
central
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The decree reaffirmed central banking control pending the conclusion of a new union treaty.
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It is a time for Germanically cautious central banking .
commercial
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Standard is selling most of its continental commercial banking operations to WestLB for £100m.
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The commercial banking and finance sector was booming as of September 1991.
domestic
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It thus provides lower cost loans by operating with narrower interest rate margins than those of domestic banking operations.
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In 1989 Midland increased its domestic banking division's bad-debt charges by 53%, from £51m in 1988 to £78m.
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Such transactions are recorded in a separate set of books from purely domestic banking business.
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We provide a complete range of domestic and international banking services.
free
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He also pledged that Midland did not intend to end free banking for personal customers in credit by introducing new charges.
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But now Girobank are offering free banking to clubs and voluntary organisations as long as the account stays in credit.
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That way, you can continue to enjoy FREE banking .
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Customers still get landed with unexpected bills for bank charges, despite the arrival of the age of free banking .
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In 1985 free in-credit banking was reintroduced, but to off-set these costs the programme for electronic banking was speeded up.
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You need £100 in your account to qualify for free banking .
international
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The main reasons for the development of international banking have been dealt with in this chapter.
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The main Pearson interests remained in international banking , property and business.
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Explain the growth of international banking in recent years. 3.
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Why is London the main international banking centre? 6.
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The search was led by Malcolm Wilcox, the general manager of international banking .
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The international banking system began to crack.
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The world of international banking is now full of aggressive, bright, but hopelessly inexperienced lenders in their mid-twenties.
new
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A sound banking system matched to new banking needs.
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Grow together with Saitama Bank - sound, experienced and flexible in matching its services to new banking needs.
retail
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If this trend continues, building societies are poised to provide a greater competitive challenge to the retail banking sector. 2.
■ NOUN
business
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The focus of interest here is the extent to which the building societies are likely to make inroads into traditional banking business .
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This is the largest of the wholesale markets, and its existence has revolutionized banking business .
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Banks carrying on offshore banking business in Labuan are not subject to exchange controls.
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Such transactions are recorded in a separate set of books from purely domestic banking business .
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He was educated at the University of Leiden between 1747 and 1749, and then entered the family's banking business .
facility
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They specialize in providing branch banking facilities to individuals.
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Retail banking facilities were provided to meet the needs of settlers.
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Such overseas business represented not so much diversification as a natural development of banking facilities to meet customer needs.
group
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We are privileged to be part of one of the largest worldwide banking groups .
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Standard Chartered, the banking group , rose 4p to 535p.
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In countries where banking is small-scale and fragmented there are initiatives to promote larger banking groups .
investment
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Many of the new moves are into more sophisticated areas such as investment banking and specialised services.
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The decision to avoid this sector was consciously taken, but now Boyden is moving into recruiting in investment banking .
merchant
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The company recently appointed Charterhouse as merchant banking advisers which will help it identify the options.
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A strong merchant banking contribution was more than offset by losses on investment management and stockbroking and some heavy loan provisions.
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The group's merchant banking adviser, Kleinwort Benson, is searching for suitable partners.
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Maybe merchant banking is the ultimate microcosm for life after all.
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Most of the fall came as a result of the release of provisions in the merchant banking and securities division.
operation
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It thus provides lower cost loans by operating with narrower interest rate margins than those of domestic banking operations .
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Standard is selling most of its continental commercial banking operations to WestLB for £100m.
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A shareholders' meeting is now understood to be being planned to discuss the future of the banking operation .
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The jump follows a big increase in bad debts reported last week by the private banking operations of Lloyds Bank.
sector
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There are two important distinctions to be made in the type of business done in the banking sector .
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Sydney: Continued activity in the banking sector helped the All Ordinaries index to close 7.4 points higher at 1,743.4.
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It is responsible for ensuring the smooth working of the banking sector and other financial institutions.
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If this trend continues, building societies are poised to provide a greater competitive challenge to the retail banking sector . 2.
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It is clear that for the banking sector as a whole, foreign currency business predominates.
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The figures also show the fact that the growth of foreign currency business has been primarily located in the wholesale banking sector .
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The initial increase in liquidity from the sale of government securities to the banking sector is given by item 1.
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It will be seen that the bulk of the funding for the discount market comes from banking sector institutions.
service
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Payment for shipping services , income from tourism, banking services and interest payments from international loans are other examples of invisibles.
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We provide a complete range of domestic and international banking services .
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Finding a Unique Selling Point for banking services is no easy matter these days.
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I should be sorry to have to advise the Parish Council to look elsewhere for banking services .
system
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The more complex the banking system , the more difficult it is to do this.
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Two-tier banking system introduced: a federal reserve comprising republican central banks, and commercial banks formed from sectoral state banks.
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This process involved the establishment of international laws and regulations covering prices, currency dealings and banking systems .
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Bundesbank reform On June 17 the Bundestag gave final approval to controversial legislation reforming the structure of the federal banking system .
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The international banking system began to crack.
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The normal process of money creation is taking place within the banking system .
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The government might then borrow these funds from the banking system .
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Hopefully, the reader should now understand the banking principle that every loan creates a deposit in the banking system .
■ VERB
provide
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They specialize in providing branch banking facilities to individuals.
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Their business now is to provide banking and financial services to the corporate as opposed to personal sectors.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
banking/drug/health etc czar
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Barry R.. McCaffrey, White House drug czar .
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Our drug czar watches in impotence as shooting wars between drug gangs erupt in city after city.
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Similarly, when Dole asserts that Clinton reduced the office of drug czar by 83 percent, he is on solid ground.
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Standouts include Douglas's anti-drugs czar whose daughter is a crackhead.
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When drug traffic escalates, they appoint a national drug czar .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although that crisis seemed serious then, compared with the present threat to the world banking system, it was small beer.
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By appealing directly to his fellow-citizens and banking on a generous response, the President may just have gambled correctly.
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Customers still get landed with unexpected bills for bank charges, despite the arrival of the age of free banking .
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Hardly what you might call an international banking centre.
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It is a time for Germanically cautious central banking .
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Maybe merchant banking is the ultimate microcosm for life after all.
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Retail banking facilities were provided to meet the needs of settlers.