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  2. Merchant bank - Wikipedia

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    Banking. A merchant bank is historically a bank dealing in commercial loans and investment. In modern British usage it is the same as an investment bank. Merchant banks were the first modern banks and evolved from medieval merchants who traded in commodities, particularly cloth merchants. Historically, merchant banks' purpose was to facilitate ...

  3. European Merchant Bank - Wikipedia

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    The European Merchant Bank (trading as EMBank) is a small Lithuanian digital neo bank established in 2018. The bank focuses on Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the fintech space. History. EMBank was founded in 2018 in Lithuania. On 14 December 2018, the bank received a banking license from the European Central Bank.

  4. First Merchants Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Total assets. $18.2 billion USD (2023) Number of employees. 2,224 (2023) Website. firstmerchants .com. First Merchants Corporation is a financial holding company in Central Indiana, [1] headquartered in Muncie, Indiana. The Corporation includes First Merchants Bank and First Merchants Private Wealth Advisors (a division of First Merchants Bank).

  5. Merchant account - Wikipedia

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    A merchant account is a type of bank account that allows businesses to accept payments in multiple ways, typically debit or credit cards. A merchant account is established under an agreement between an acceptor and a merchant acquiring bank for the settlement of payment card transactions. In some cases a payment processor, independent sales ...

  6. Merchant services - Wikipedia

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    Merchant services is a broad category of financial services intended for use by businesses. [1] In its most specific use, it usually refers to merchant processing services that enables a business to accept a transaction payment through a secure (encrypted) channel using the customer's credit card or debit card or NFC / RFID enabled device.

  7. China Merchants Bank - Wikipedia

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    China Merchants Bank. Deposit, loan, credit card and other banking services. China Merchants Bank ( CMB) ( Chinese: 招商银行; pinyin: Zhāoshāng Yínháng) is a Chinese bank headquartered in Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Founded in 1987, it is the first share-holding commercial bank wholly owned by corporate legal entities ...

  8. Square (financial services) - Wikipedia

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    Square is a financial services platform by Block, Inc. for small and medium-sized businesses. [1] [2] It enables accepting credit card payments using smartphones as POS registers, and facilitates various business operations. As of 2023, Square reports 4 million merchant clients and an annual payment value of US$ 210 billion.

  9. Acquiring bank - Wikipedia

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    An acquiring bank (also known simply as an acquirer) is a bank or financial institution that processes credit or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant. [1] The acquirer allows merchants to accept credit card payments from the card-issuing banks within a card association, such as Visa, MasterCard, Discover, China UnionPay, American Express .