state bank

noun

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: a bank chartered by and operating under the laws of a state of the U.S.

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But that agreement was quickly cast into doubt by Russia’s insistence on far-reaching conditions that its state bank be reconnected to the SWIFT international payment system, something Kyiv and the EU rejected outright. Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025 This includes private information such as state bank account details, which Tong and others argue is a violation of privacy. Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025 Financial sanctions have further curtailed access to foreign currency, with Gazprombank, the last major state bank linked to the SWIFT system, blacklisted alongside 50 other trade-reliant banks in November. Katya Soldak, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 One point of back-and-forth has been around state banks issuing stablecoins. Brady Dale, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for state bank

Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of state bank was in 1702

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“State bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20bank. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

Legal Definition

state bank

see bank

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