commercial bank
noun
: a bank organized chiefly to handle the everyday financial transactions of businesses (as through demand deposit accounts and short-term commercial loans)
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Jeffrey Korzenik, chief economist for one of the country's largest commercial banks and author of Untapped Talent: How Second Chance Hiring Works for Your Business and the Community, saw the problem coming.
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Jim Vinoski, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
If there is a continuation of current U.S. policy under a Democratic administration, then some banks may be willing to open commercial bank accounts to Cuban entrepreneurs.
—Orlando Matos, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024
Automobile loans from commercial banks are down about 7.5% from their high on October 5, 2022.
—Mike Patton, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Nearly $950 billion in CDs are set to mature at commercial banks by mid-October, according to an analysis of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation data by The Financial Brand, a banking trade publication.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
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Jim Vinoski, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
If there is a continuation of current U.S. policy under a Democratic administration, then some banks may be willing to open commercial bank accounts to Cuban entrepreneurs.
—Orlando Matos, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024
Automobile loans from commercial banks are down about 7.5% from their high on October 5, 2022.
—Mike Patton, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Nearly $950 billion in CDs are set to mature at commercial banks by mid-October, according to an analysis of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation data by The Financial Brand, a banking trade publication.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Commercial bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commercial%20bank. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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