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Financial institutionAn enterprise such as a bank whose primary business and function is to collect money from the public and invest it in financial assets such as stocks and bonds.Financial institutionAn institution which accepts funds from the public and reinvests in bank deposits, bonds and stocks etc. These include banks and insurance companies. In the UK a building society would be included.Similar MatchesInstitutionInstitutionAn organization, probably very large, engaged in professional investing in securities. Normally a bank, insurance company, or mutual fund. Thrift institutionThrift institutionAn organization formed as a depository for primarily consumer savings. Savings and loan associations and savings banks are thrift institutions. Thrift Institution Advisory Council (TIAC)Thrift Institution Advisory Council (TIAC)A council, established following the passage of the Monetary Control Act of 1980, whose purpose is to provide information and views on the special needs and problems of thrifts. The group is comprised of representatives of savings banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions. Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control ActDepository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control ActThe 1980 federal legislation that ended the regulation of the banking industry. Institutional LendersInstitutional LendersBanks, savings and loan associations and other businesses which make loans to the public in the ordinary course of business, rather than individuals, or companies which may make loans to employees. Further SuggestionsInstitutional brokerinstitutional investor Financial institution buyer credit policy International financial institution Foreign official institutions Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) Depository institution thrift institution Instinet (Institutional Networks Corporation) |
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