Home > Industry/Domain > Banking
Banking
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.
11Categories 38442Terms
Add a new termContributors in Banking
Banking > General banking ![](/template/termwiki/images/arrow_01.gif)
flood insurance
Banking; General banking
Flood insurance protects against water from an overflowing river or a hurricane's tidal surge and also covers damage from water that builds up during storms.
flood plain
Banking; General banking
A strip of relatively flat and normally dry land alongside a stream, river, or lake that is covered by water during a flood.
foreclosure
Banking; General banking
A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default.
foreign transaction fees
Banking; General banking
A fee assessed by your bank for making a transaction at another bank's ATM.
forgery
Banking; General banking
The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud.
fraud alert
Banking; General banking
A key provision of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 is the consumer's ability to place a fraud alert on their credit record. A consumer would use this option ...
Sub-categories
![](/images/industryCache/Banking.jpg)
- 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)