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UML class diagram depicting retail banking. Retail banking, also known as consumer banking or personal banking, is the provision of services by a bank to the general public, rather than to companies, corporations or other banks, which are often described as wholesale banking (corporate banking).
A cooperative bank that raises capital on public stock markets creates a second class of shareholders who compete with the members for control. In some circumstances, the members may lose control. This effectively means that the bank ceases to be a cooperative.
A national bank is a bank that is nationally or federally chartered and is allowed to operate throughout the country in any state. An advantage of holding a National Bank Act charter is that a national bank is not subject to state usury laws intended to prevent predatory lending. [16] (However, see also Cuomo v.
The bank has a lien on cheques deposited to the customer's account, to the extent that the customer is indebted to the bank. The bank must not disclose details of transactions through the customer's account – unless the customer consents, there is a public duty to disclose, the bank's interests require it, or the law demands it.
In January 2019, the German direct bank N26 overtook Revolut as the most valuable mobile bank in Europe with a valuation of $2.7 billion and 1.5 million users. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Following is a list showing the share of people using mobile banking apps during the last three months in selected countries worldwide in 2014.
Grameen Bank (Bengali: গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক) is a microfinance, specialized community development bank founded in Bangladesh. [5] [6] It provides small loans (known as microcredit or "grameencredit") [7] to the impoverished without requiring collateral.
Yono Lite is a mobile banking application from the State Bank of India. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Earlier, it was available as "SBI Anywhere Personal" but it was rebranded as "Yono Lite" in 2018, after the introduction of YONO app. [ 9 ] In 2021, Yono Lite saw several updates to protect its users from digital frauds.
Public banks come in a variety of models. A public bank might be capitalized through an initial investment by the city or state, as well as through tax and fee revenue. [7] A public bank, like a private bank, can take tax revenues and other government income as deposits, create money in the form of bank credit, and lend at very low interest rates.