“Cutting a check” is a far more common phrase than “tearing off a check,” because for years checks weren’t perforated, so bankers had to actually use a metal device to cut them. This is part of a complete episode...
So you think you hate puns? Wait until you hear this item from a Singapore newspaper about a Japanese banking crisis. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Japanese Banking Pun” Something I recorded in my Commonplace book a...
thin file n.— «Even if you have not used credit much and therefore don’t have an extensive credit history, known in banking as a “thin file,” you could still qualify for a home mortgage.» —“KeyBank Plus Offers a Pathway to...
banking n.— «Cigarettes are like gold dust. Custody staff are not allowed to conduct internal examinations and the preferred method of eluding confiscation is “banking.”» —“How I spent a day behind bars” by...
high-touch adj.— «Will banks need to be high-tech to succeed? There’s always going to be what I call the high-touch bank. There’s always going to be the high-tech bank, and banks in between.» —“Banking on technology” by...
m-banking n.— «In many countries, mobile phones are already used on a small scale for deposits and remittances. This could be scaled up to become the new bank architecture of the 21st century. The biggest potential for m-banking, as it is...