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banking

[bang-king] / ˈbæŋ kɪŋ /
NOUN
business carried on by a bank
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Sanandaji said Islamabad was now asking Pakistani importers to register their banking details for Iran trades, which he said was complicated by restrictions on Tehran’s financial system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The services sector, which includes everything from law and banking to retail, hospitality and tourism, makes up the vast majority of the UK's economic output.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Cut off from mainstream banking, insurance and registries, they turn to the customers willing to bear sanctions risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

They’re banking, literally and figuratively, on you being polite.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

An escape hatch was provided by his brother-in-law Landon Thorne, a Wall Street wunderkind who proposed that they form an investment banking partnership.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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