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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Cheaper loans Chinese commercial banks have sought to attract customers with record-low interest loans, heeding to Beijing’s call to spur lending.
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
In our Business to Business Banking category, which had three-first timers, Arc is a commercial bank specializing in private credit.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Other than conducting its monetary policy objectives, the Fed also regulates commercial banks and controls how much money is in circulation.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
If bond prices later drop, that could leave commercial banks with losses.
—Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
In our Business to Business Banking category, which had three-first timers, Arc is a commercial bank specializing in private credit.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Other than conducting its monetary policy objectives, the Fed also regulates commercial banks and controls how much money is in circulation.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
If bond prices later drop, that could leave commercial banks with losses.
—Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 10 Jan. 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 26 Mar. 2025.
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