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  • Central Bank

    The principal monetary authority of a nation. In most commercially developed nations the central bank issues the currency and acts as banker for the government and the nation's commercial banks. By setting the rate at which it will lend money to commercial banks, the central bank […]

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  • Committee on Banking Regulations and Supervisory Practices

    Known commonly as the Cooke Committee, a working party established under the auspices of the bank for INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS (read this and related legal terms for further details) in 1975 to seek to remedy inadequaci…