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banking

[bang-king] / ˈbæŋ kɪŋ /
NOUN
business carried on by a bank
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Lennar stock logged its largest decline since 2024 after a report questioned its relationship with land banking company Millrose.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

"This includes vulnerable households, and connections that support critical national infrastructure providers across health, emergency services, defence, education, transport, banking and government."

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Egan-Jones, which advises institutional investors, asset managers, and financial institutions, warned firms selling “intellectual capital by the hour,” such as auditing, investment banking, consulting, law and engineering face price erosion from AI competition.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

This is agentic banking—software that displays your finances and acts on them—and the banking industry isn’t prepared for how fast it’s coming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Lyra had planned to leave the way she’d come, banking on another few minutes before the Steward’s bell rang.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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