banking practice
21Time Banking — refers to a pattern of reciprocal service exchange which uses units of time as currency and is an example of an alternative economic system. A Time Bank, also known as a Service Exchange, is a community which practices time banking. The unit of… …
22National Institute of Banking and Finance — Established 8 March, 1993 Type Banking institution Chairman Dr. Shamshad Akhtar Governor of State Bank of Pakistan …
23Lombard banking — refers to the historical use of the term Lombard for a pawn shop in the Middle Ages, a type of banking that originated with the prosperous northern Italian region of Lombardy (hence the name). The term was sometimes used in a derogatory sense as… …
24Early Canadian banking system — The early Canadian banking system (British North America and New France until 1763; then renamed Upper and Lower Canada) was regulated entirely by the colonial government. Primitive forms of banking emerged early in the colonial period to solve… …
25Branch (banking) — A branch, banking center or financial center is a retail location where a bank, credit union or other financial institution (and by extension, brokerage firms) offers a wide array of face to face and automated services to its customers.History… …
26Home Banking — The practice of conducting banking transactions from home rather than at branch locations. Home banking generally refers to either banking over the telephone or on the internet. The first experiments with internet banking started in the early… …
27offshore banking — ➔ banking * * * offshore banking UK US noun [U] ► BANKING, FINANCE the practice of using a bank that is not based in your own country, because, for example, taxes are lower there: »Consult us for advice on offshore banking in tax havens …
28Classical Hindu law in practice — originates from community, not a state polity. In this way, particular groups of society began to gain influence in the creation and administration of law. Primary corporate groups, Kingships, and Brahmins were the factions, which conveyed Hindu… …
29Basel Committee on Banking Supervision — The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is an institution created by the central bank Governors of the Group of Ten nations . It was created in 1974 and meets regularly four times a year.Its membership is now composed of senior representatives …
30Mitigation banking — is the restoration, creation, enhancement, or preservation of a wetland, stream, or habitat conservation area which offsets expected adverse impacts to similar nearby ecosystems. The goal is to replace the exact function and value of the specific …
