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banking

[bang-king] / ˈbæŋ kɪŋ /
NOUN
business carried on by a bank
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Cutting off a foreign bank from the U.S. has in the past effectively destroyed the foreign institution being targeted, while punishing U.S. lenders could make them rein in their correspondent banking activity.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

He complained about Canadian banking laws and told a garbled story about some friend of his who supposedly couldn’t buy a Gulfstream jet in Canada.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2026

British digital bank Revolut announced Thursday it has won conditional approval for a US banking licence, bringing it a major step closer to launching as a national bank in the United States.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

"I knew I didn't want to do banking… I just was so unfulfilled by it."

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

The announcement meant that nine of the state’s ten largest banking organizations now needed an aggregate sum of money from public and private sources well into the tens of billions to stay afloat.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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