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Our methodology To determine which brick-and-mortar checking accounts offer the most convenience, CNBC Select compared dozens of checking accounts offered by the largest national banks and credit unions.
—Cnbc Select, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2024
By 1999, four major national banks—the Agricultural Bank of China, the Bank of China, the China Construction Bank, and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China—were technically insolvent.
—Zhiwu Chen, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2015
Property damage from floods, wind, storm surges, hail, or wildfires threatens a collective $2.4 billion across nearly 200 national banks, averaging 1.5% of these banks’ total portfolio value, according to First Street.
—Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2024
Their rates are at least 3 percent better than some of the national banks.
—Shawn Price, Orange County Register, 20 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“National bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20bank. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
national bank
noun
: a commercial bank organized under laws passed by Congress and chartered by the federal government
Legal Definition
national bank
see bank
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