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nonbank

nonbank

1 4.6
A company that offers services like a bank but has no bank license
  • noun
  • /ˈnɒnˌbæŋk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : institución no bancaria
  • The act also broadens existing law to encompass "nonbank" institutions, which handle check cashing, money orders, traveler's checks, and wire transfers.
  • nonbank subsidiaries
  • supervise nonbank
  • authority to supervise nonbank

Examples

  • At the federal level, the CFPB uses its authority to supervise nonbank consumer lending to enforce compliance with federal law and obtain information about a lender's internal systems and the risks posed to consumers.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Many consumers rely on nonbank institutions for quick online loans.

  • The new banking standards may encourage certain activities to move to the nonbank financial sector, where those standards do not apply.

    Blog text (7)
  • And the agency says 24 million more households have a bank account but still use nonbank financial services, like prepaid cards.

    Blog text (5)
  • In the nonbank financial sector, consolidation included the development of the debt market and reform of the securities and futures markets.

    Academic text (2001)
  • In addition, it has the authority to supervise nonbank 'larger participants' in markets for other consumer financial products or services as the CFPB defines by rule.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Specifically, the CFPB has the authority to supervise nonbank covered persons of all sizes in the residential mortgage, private education lending, and payday lending markets.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Title II of Dodd-Frank is viewed by many academic critics as unworkable and unlikely to produce an orderly resolution of nonbank institutions or large bank holding companies.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Nonbank fund managers acquire one asset—Treasury securities—and pay with another—deposits—so the money supply falls.

    Academic text (2017)
  • On December 18, 2014, MetLife was notified by FSOC that it had been designated a nonbank systemically important financial institution (SIFI), which implied new regulatory burdens and risks.

    Academic text (2018)

Antonyms

1.0

A place where people keep and borrow money

Surface Forms

nonbank singular
nonbanks plural

Morphology

nonbank = bank (transparent) = non + bank

Meaning 'not a bank' or 'not licensed as a bank' is directly conveyed by 'non-' + 'bank'.

Etymology

The word nonbank comes from non- ('not') and bank. A nonbank is a company that offers bank-like services but is 'not' a bank because it does not have a full bank license.