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Step-Down CD

A certificate of deposit (CD) that provides its holder (account holder) with a high introductory rate that, later on, steps...

Step-Up CD

A certificate of deposit (CD) that allows the holder (depositor) to lock in an interest rate for a specific number...

Step-Up Certificate of Deposit

A certificate of deposit (CD) that allows the holder (depositor) to lock in an interest rate for a specific number...

Principal Bank

A bank (the principal) which has an account with another bank (the agent, or the correspondent bank) that allows it to make payments...

Agent Bank

A bank which acts as agent for another bank (known as the principal bank/ respondent bank) and offers that bank an account...

Correspondent Bank

A bank which acts as agent for another bank (known as the respondent bank) and offers that bank an account through which it can make...

Respondent Bank

A bank (the principal) which has an account with another bank (the agent, or the correspondent bank) that allows it to make payments...

Yankee Certificate of Deposit

A negotiable time deposit (CD) that is issued in the United States by a foreign borrower, usually in denominations of...

Zombie Bank

A bank whose net worth is less than zero, thus, is said to be a walking dead. This happens when a bank’s assets are worth less...

Defalcation

Misappropriation of bank funds in a way or another. For example, a bank teller may fraudulently abstract money from a...