correspondent bank

correspondent bank definition - finance
A bank that takes deposits for and performs banking services for other depository institutions in exchange for a fee. Correspondent banks typically provide banking services when the others banks, often foreign banks, arenÂ’t able to offer the services or find that it is more cost effective to outsource this need. Commercial banks typically provide correspondent banking services.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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