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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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.
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The banking institutions, my friends, are sailing under false colours. They are running with the hare and hunting with the hounds. And we should never forget it.
Karl Wiggins, 100 Common Sense Policies to make BRITAIN GREAT again

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