Encyclopedia > Commercial bank

Article Content

Commercial bank

A commercial bank, as opposed to an investment bank, is a bank whose main job is to receive deposits and negotiate short-term loans.

See also: Bank, Investment bank, Central bank

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Kings Park, New York

... water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there are 16,146 people, 5,480 households, and 4,197 families residing in the town. The population density i ...