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The business of a banker, banking involves an establishment for the loaning, holding, exchanging, or issuing of money. Also deals with the transmission of funds and the extensions of credit.
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co-borrowers
Banking; Mortgage
One or more persons who have signed the note, and are equally responsible for repaying the loan. Unmarried co-borrowers who live together are advised to agree beforehand on what ...
conservatorship
Banking; Mortgage
A legal status where a conservator is appointed to oversee a firm in trouble in order to protect and conserve the firm's assets.
contract knavery
Banking; Mortgage
Inserting provisions into a loan contract that severely disadvantage the borrower, without the borrower’s knowledge, and sometimes despite oral assurances to the contrary.
credit score
Banking; Mortgage
A single numerical score, based on an individual's credit history, that measures that individual's credit worthiness. Credit scores are as good as the algorithm used to derive ...
cumulative interest
Banking; Mortgage
The sum of all interest payments to date or over the life of the loan. This is an incomplete measure of the cost of credit to the borrower because it does not include up-front ...
debt consolidation
Banking; Mortgage
Rolling short-term debt into a home mortgage loan, either at the time of home purchase or later.
Sub-categories
- General banking (976)
- Initial public offering (2798)
- Investment banking (26902)
- Loan & advances (157)
- Merchant banking (150)
- Mergers & acquisitions (3237)
- Mortgage (522)
- Personal banking (1499)
- Refinance (1590)
- Savings (211)
- Underwriting (39)