commercial bank
noun
: a bank organized chiefly to handle the everyday financial transactions of businesses (as through demand deposit accounts and short-term commercial loans)
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Most small business loans are made by commercial banks; many are small, community banks.
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William Dunkelberg, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Six of them are elected by member commercial banks and the other three are appointed by the Fed’s Board of Governors.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
The bank owned by J.P. Morgan and partners, for example, became investment bank Morgan Stanley and commercial bank J.P. Morgan & Co.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 24 Aug. 2025
To finance the project, the Jamul Indian Village Development Corporation closed last March on a $515 million loan with a syndicate of commercial banks led by KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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William Dunkelberg, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Six of them are elected by member commercial banks and the other three are appointed by the Fed’s Board of Governors.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
The bank owned by J.P. Morgan and partners, for example, became investment bank Morgan Stanley and commercial bank J.P. Morgan & Co.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 24 Aug. 2025
To finance the project, the Jamul Indian Village Development Corporation closed last March on a $515 million loan with a syndicate of commercial banks led by KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Commercial bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commercial%20bank. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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