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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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credit swap

Banking; General banking

A type of credit derivative instrument. Swap contracts in which one party makes payments only if a specified credit event occurs. In a credit default swap, the protection seller ...

flex repo

Banking; General banking

A term repo/reverse transaction that allows for the investor to sell some of the collateral securities back to the borrower before the final maturity date of the transaction. Flex ...

total return swaps

Banking; General banking

A type of credit derivative instrument. Swap contracts in which the protection buyer sells the total return from a particular reference asset such as a corporate loan or bond. In ...

trading

Banking; General banking

(1) The activity of buying and selling financial instruments or commodities for profit. Individuals or entities may engage in trading either strictly on their own behalf or for ...

Type IV securities

Banking; General banking

A category of investment securities defined by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (12 CFR 1). This is a category added in the 1996 amendments. A Type IV security ...

unrecognized net gain or unrecognized net loss

Banking; General banking

An off-balance sheet asset or liability created under FAS 87 rules when plan assets in a defined benefit pension plan exceed or fall short of the projected benefit obligation ...

Type I securities

Banking; General banking

A category of investment securities defined by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (12 CFR 1). A Type I security is any one of the following: (1) Obligations of ...