Synonyms and antonyms of Types of bank and people who work in banks in British 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. The main banks used by ordinary people are called high-street banks

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 organization in the UK in which people invest money to earn interest, and from which they can borrow money to buy a house or flat. A building society is similar to a bank but all its customers have a share in owning it.

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 that does business with other banks through a clearing house

clearing house (noun)

a central office that carries out the business that major 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 looks after money that its members have saved and lends them money at low rates of interest

the Fed (noun)

informal the Federal Reserve

the Federal Reserve (noun)

the organization that controls the US national bank

the Federal Reserve (noun)

the national bank system in the US

governor (noun)

the person in charge of an institution such as a bank or prison

investment bank (noun)

in the United States, a bank that buys and sells large quantities of securities (=documents showing that someone owns a small part of a company)

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

savings and loan association (noun)

American a building society

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 companies have their offices. It is also called the City of London or the City.

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 a building society

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