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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.

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collective investment funds (CIFs)

Banking; General banking

A Collective Investment Fund (CIF) is a trust created and administered by a bank or trust company that commingles assets from multiple clients. The Federal securities laws ...

co-maker

Banking; General banking

A person who signs a note to guarantee a loan made to another person and is jointly liable with the maker for repayment of the loan. (Also known as a Co-signer.)

Community Reinvestment Act

Banking; General banking

The Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. ...

consumer credit counseling service

Banking; General banking

A service which specializes in working with consumers who are overextended with debts and need to make arrangements with creditors.

consumer reporting agency

Banking; General banking

An agency that regularly collects or evaluates individual consumer credit information or other information about consumers and sells consumer reports for a fee to creditors or ...

conventional fixed rate mortgage

Banking; General banking

A fixed-rate mortgage offers you a set interest rate and payments that do not change throughout the life, or "term," of the loan. A conventional fixed-rate loan is fully paid off ...

co-signer

Banking; General banking

An individual who signs the note of another person as support for the credit of the primary signer and who becomes responsible for the obligation. (Also known as a Co-maker.)