Synonyms and antonyms of Types of bank and people who work in banks in American Thesaurus

bad bank (noun)

a bank created by the state to buy private banks’ bad debts (=money owed to them that will never be paid) so that the private banks can continue to lend money

bank (noun)

a financial institution that people or businesses can keep their money in or borrow money from

bank (noun)

an office of a bank

banker (noun)

someone who has an important position in a bank or other financial organization

building society (noun)

a financial institution in the U.K. similar to a savings and loan association

building society (noun)

an office of one of these organizations

central bank (noun)

a national bank that controls a nation’s policies on money and interest rates

the City (of London) ()

an area in central London where there are many large banks and other financial institutions. This is often used to refer to the institutions themselves.

clearing bank (noun)

British a bank in the U.K. that does business with other banks through a clearinghouse

clearinghouse (noun)

a central office that carries out the business that banks do with one another

counting house (noun)

a place where money and accounts were kept in the past

credit union (noun)

an organization that takes care of money that its members have saved and lends them money at low rates of interest

the FDIC ()

the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: a U.S. organization that takes responsibility for paying you the money you have in your account if your bank is forced to stop doing business

the Fed (noun)

informal the Federal Reserve

the Federal Reserve (noun)

the organization that controls the U.S. national bank

the Federal Reserve (noun)

the national bank system in the U.S.

governor (noun)

mainly British the person in charge of an institution such as a bank

investment bank (noun)

a bank that buys and sells large quantities of securities (=documents showing that someone owns a small part of a corporation)

lender (noun)

a person or a financial institution such as a bank that lends money

merchant bank (noun)

British a bank that provides financial services to companies, not people

private bank (noun)

a bank that offers financial advice and services to rich people

S & L (noun)

American savings and loan association

savings and loan association (noun)

American a company that you have a savings account with and that lends you money for a mortgage when you want to buy a house

savings bank (noun)

a bank that people have a savings account with

shroff (noun)

someone in South Asia who works in a bank or exchanges money of one country for money of another country

the Square Mile ()

the district of London where many banks, financial institutions, and other big corporations have their offices

stokvel (noun)

South African a savings club that pays out money to its members in turn

teller (noun)

someone whose job is to receive and pay out money in a bank

thrift (noun)

American an institution similar to a bank that allows its members to save or borrow money

trustee (noun)

a bank or other organization that has the same responsibility

the World Bank ()

an international organization that lends money to countries that are members of the United Nations

zombie bank (noun)

journalism a bank that is worth less than nothing but continues to operate because its debt is supported by the government