A bank is a financial institution and a financial intermediary that accepts deposits and channels those deposits into lending activities.

Bank, The Bank, or banking may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

Music

Other media

Finance

Organizations

Places

Science and technology

Computing

  • Data bank, a storage area for information in telecommunications
  • Memory bank, a logical unit of storage

Biology and healthcare

Natural geography

  • Bank (geography), a raised portion of seabed or sloping ground along the edge of a stream, river, or lake
  • Ocean bank, a shallow area in a body of water

Transportation

  • Bank engine, a railway locomotive attached to the rear of a train, usually to add haulage power over a short distance
  • Bank or roll, in aircraft flight dynamics, a rotation of the vehicle about its longitudinal axis
    • Banked turn, a change of direction in which a vehicle inclines
  • Cylinder bank, a single row of cylinders in an internal combustion engine

Sport

Other uses

See also

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