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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Supply and demand among commercial banks is an underestimated driving factor of the ultimate interest rates on commercial real estate loans.
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Remy Raisner, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Naturally, firms such as commercial banks, asset management companies and equity brokerages use this information to decide where to direct their investments in the economy.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
The deal is part of BTN's plan to form a Sharia commercial bank to meet customer demands.
—Ryan Lawler, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Cheaper loans Chinese commercial banks have sought to attract customers with record-low interest loans, heeding to Beijing’s call to spur lending.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
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Remy Raisner, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Naturally, firms such as commercial banks, asset management companies and equity brokerages use this information to decide where to direct their investments in the economy.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
The deal is part of BTN's plan to form a Sharia commercial bank to meet customer demands.
—Ryan Lawler, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Cheaper loans Chinese commercial banks have sought to attract customers with record-low interest loans, heeding to Beijing’s call to spur lending.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for commercial bank
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“Commercial bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commercial%20bank. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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