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Business BanksBY Ken Marlborough
Business banks are universal banks, which offer the best of retail banking as well as investment banking. For example, Citigroup, a very large American bank, is involved in commercial and retail lending. It owns a merchant bank (Citicorp Merchant Bank Limited) and an investment bank (Salomon Smith Barney), operates a private bank (Citigroup Private Bank), and its subsidiaries in tax-havens offer offshore banking services to customers in other countries. The majority of all large financial institutions are diversified and involved in multiple activities. Big banks in Europe and Asia are very diversified groups and also distribute insurance as a service. In spite of the small market share held by the large American banks, they are listed as some of the most profitable corporations. For example, the largest bank, Citigroup, has only a 5 percent market share even though , for the past 3 years, it has been more profitable than any other company in the world. ABOUTH THE AUTHOR Banks provides detailed information on Banks, Best Banks, Online Banks, Business Banks and more. Banks is affliated with Bank Checking Accounts.
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