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Bank of the Philippine Islands
Bank of the Philippine Islands, founded in 1851 as El Banco Español Filipino, is the Philippines' first bank and a leading universal bank controlled by the Ayala group.
Bank of the Republic (Colombia)
The Banco de la República is the central bank of Colombia, created in 1923 and made independent by the 1991 Constitution to preserve the peso's purchasing power.
Bank of the Republic of Haiti
The Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH, Banque de la République d'Haïti) is Haiti's central bank, created by law in 1979 and seated in Port-au-Prince.
Bank of Tianjin
Bank of Tianjin (天津银行) is a Tianjin-headquartered city commercial bank founded in 1996 from urban credit cooperatives, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under stock code 1578.
Bank of Uganda
The Bank of Uganda is Uganda's central bank, opened in 1966 and wholly government owned, which issues the shilling, conducts monetary policy, and targets 5 percent core inflation.
Bank of Xi'an
Bank of Xi'an, formerly Xi'an City Commercial Bank, is a city commercial bank headquartered in Xi'an, Shaanxi, founded in 1997 and listed in Shanghai since 2019.
Bank of Zambia
The Bank of Zambia is the central bank of Zambia, established in 1964, which issues the kwacha, manages international reserves, and sets monetary policy to maintain price and financial stability.
Bank of Zhengzhou
Bank of Zhengzhou (郑州银行) is a Chinese city commercial bank founded in 1996 in Zhengzhou, Henan, and the first city commercial bank listed on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen exchanges.
Bank Pekao
Bank Pekao, formally Bank Polska Kasa Opieki, is a Polish universal bank founded in 1929, headquartered in Warsaw, and listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since 1998. It is the second-largest universal bank in Poland.
Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI)
Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) is an Indonesian state-controlled commercial bank specializing in micro and small-business lending, founded in 1895 and cited as a global microfinance success story.
Bank rate
The bank rate, also called the minimum lending rate or rediscount rate, is a central-bank interest rate used to steer short-term rates, such as the Bank of England's Bank Rate.
Bank reconciliation
Bank reconciliation is an internal financial report that explains differences between the bank's balance and the company's records, done at least monthly to catch errors and deter fraud.
Bank Restriction Act 1797
The Bank Restriction Act 1797 was a British statute of 3 May 1797 that suspended the Bank of England's gold payments, beginning the 24-year Restriction Period.
Bank robbery
Bank robbery, also known as bank heist, is the taking of money from a bank by force or intimidation, a federal crime in the United States.
Bank run
A bank run, also known as a run on the bank or banking panic, is a sudden wave of withdrawals by depositors who fear a bank will fail, potentially forcing it into insolvency.
Bank Secrecy Act
The Bank Secrecy Act, formally the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, is a United States federal law requiring financial institutions to report cash transactions and suspicious activity.
Bank statement
A bank statement, also called a statement of account, is a periodic document from a bank listing an account's transactions, fees, and opening and closing balances.
Bank Street College of Education
Bank Street College of Education, founded 1916 as the Bureau of Educational Experiments by Lucy Sprague Mitchell, is a private NYC graduate school of progressive education, renamed in 1950, with its Graduate School of Education, School for Children, and Education Center, accredited by MSCHE since 1960.
Bank teller
A bank teller, also known as a bank clerk, is the frontline employee at a retail bank branch who handles deposits, withdrawals, and payments and keeps cash records balanced.
Bank Under Siege
Bank Under Siege (Asalto al Banco Central) is a 2024 Netflix miniseries directed by Daniel Calparsoro about the 23 May 1981 Banco Central robbery in Barcelona, in which 11 robbers held over 200 hostages for 37 hours demanding the release of 23-F coup officers.
Bank vault
A bank vault, also called a strongroom, is a reinforced, secured room within a bank built to protect cash, securities, records, and customer safe deposit boxes from theft.
Bank War
The Bank War (1832–1836) was President Andrew Jackson's political struggle against Nicholas Biddle's Second Bank of the United States, ending in its destruction as a national bank.
Bankable star
Bankable star: a film actor whose name alone attracts financing and audiences. Measured via Hollywood Reporter Star Power, Ulmer Scale, The Numbers Bankability Index; a commercial star adds about $12.46M average box office.
Bankart repair
A Bankart repair is surgery that reattaches a torn anteroinferior labrum and capsule to the glenoid rim to stop recurrent anterior shoulder dislocation, described by Bankart in 1923.
Bankaw
Bankaw, also spelled Bancao, was the datu of Limasawa in the Philippines who welcomed Legazpi in 1565 and led a revolt against Spain in 1621.
BankBoston
BankBoston was a Boston-based bank holding company, the 15th largest US commercial bank by the late 1990s, acquired by Fleet Financial Group in 1999 for $16 billion in stock.
Banke Bihari Temple (बांके बिहारी मंदिर)
Banke Bihari Temple (बांके बिहारी मंदिर) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Krishna in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, whose image was received by the saint Swami Haridas in the sixteenth century.
Banked turn
A banked turn, also called a banked curve, tilts a vehicle, aircraft, or track inward so the tilt itself supplies part of the force turning the path.
Bankfull discharge
Bankfull discharge is the water flow that completely fills a stream's active channel just before spilling onto the floodplain, and it is widely treated as the river's dominant channel-forming flow.
Bankhead
Bankhead, two Roman military sites in Dumfriesshire, Scotland: a small triple-ditched fortlet near Kirkconnel, excavated 1959 and 1963, and superimposed Flavian forts with annexes at Dalswinton, reassessed in 2019.