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In industry speak “bank” refers to institutions taking deposits and lending to a single entity — retail and commercial banks, not investment banks, etc Side no
by TuringNYC 7y ago
In industry speak “bank” refers to institutions taking deposits and lending to a single entity — retail and commercial banks, not investment banks, etc
Side note: AIG managed to get regulatory treatment as a bank via OTS by having a tiny tiny tiny retail banking operation called AIG Bank. OTS ended up being the primary regulatory of the overall entity!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Thrift_Supervision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Thrift_Supervision