Banks

A bank is a financial institution and a financial intermediary that accepts deposits and channels those deposits into lending activities.

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Georges Cuvier
“ The works which this man leaves behind him occupy a few pages only; their importance is not greatly superior to their extent; and yet his name will shine out with lustre in the history of the sciences. {Cuvier on Joseph Banks} ...more ”
― Georges Cuvier

“ Money is a servant to politicians and the country. But, if the politicians and the country become the servant of the money, the politicians has failed. ”
― Oliver Kemper

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