COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT - CRA
Act encouraging depository institutions to help meet credit needs of the community, specifically low and moderate income neighborhoods. Enacted in 1977, it mandates federal regulators to evaluate the record of every bank or thrift to help fulfill its obligations to the community. Then, the record will be used to assess applications for approval of bank mergers, acquisitions, charters, deposit facilities, and branch openings.
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BWP - Botswana Pula
Currency abbreviation for the Botswana Pula, the official currency of the Republic of Botswana. Presented with the symbol P, the currency is subdiv ...
Usury Rate
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Hypermarket
Hypermarket is a combination of a department store and a grocery supermarket. A hypermarket offers various products like clothing, groceries, and a ...
Intermarket Trading System - ITS
An electronic computer system that connects the trading floors of all the main equity US exchanged. Essentially, the system allows any broker or ma ...
Global Industry Classification Standard - GICS
Standardized classification system for equities developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and Standard & Poor's. The industr ...
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