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  2. Simple (bank) - Wikipedia

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    Simple (formerly BankSimple) was an American neobank based in Portland, Oregon.It was recognized as the first neobank and operated between 2009 and 2021. The company provided FDIC-insured checking accounts to US citizens, but not to Permanent Residents, through a partnership with The Bancorp Bank before transitioning over to BBVA USA in 2016.

  3. Banker's draft - Wikipedia

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    drawn on a bank; signed by an officer or employee of the bank on behalf of the bank as drawer; a direct obligation of the bank; and. provided to a customer of the bank or acquired from the bank for remittance purposes. [3] Under English law a banker's draft is not a bill of exchange because it is not drawn on a third party (it is drawn on the ...

  4. Bank for International Settlements - Wikipedia

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    History Background French economist Raphaël-Georges Lévy (1853-1933) was a precocious proponent of an international bank, for which he suggested a location in Switzerland Belgian statesman Léon Delacroix (1867–1929) was an early promoter of the BIS and died during the negotiations to create it

  5. J. S. G. Boggs - Wikipedia

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    James Stephen George Boggs (January 16, 1955 – January 22, 2017) was an American artist, best known for his hand-drawn depictions of banknotes.Due to his pre-Bitcoin philosophical questions about the value of fiat currency, his early interest in creating his own currency, and his contributions to an "encrypted online currency" as early as 2000, Boggs was described by Artnet as the Patron ...

  6. Fixed deposit - Wikipedia

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    Fixed deposit. A fixed deposit ( FD) is a tenured deposit account provided by banks or non-bank financial institutions which provides investors a higher rate of interest than a regular savings account, until the given maturity date. It may or may not require the creation of a separate account. The term fixed deposit is most commonly used in ...

  7. Second Bank of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Second Bank of the United States was the second federally authorized Hamiltonian national bank in the United States. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the bank was chartered from February 1816 to January 1836. [1] The bank's formal name, according to section 9 of its charter as passed by Congress, was "The President, Directors, and ...

  8. Single-line diagram - Wikipedia

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    In power engineering, a single-line diagram ( SLD ), also sometimes called one-line diagram, is a simplest symbolic representation of an electric power system. [1] [2] A single line in the diagram typically corresponds to more than one physical conductor: in a direct current system the line includes the supply and return paths, in a three-phase ...

  9. United Arab Emirates dirham - Wikipedia

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    On January 28, 1978, the dirham was officially pegged to the IMF's special drawing rights (SDRs). In practice, it has been pegged to the U.S. dollar for most of the time. [11] Since November 1997, the dirham has been pegged to the US dollar at a rate of US$1 = Dhs 3.6725, [12] which translates to approximately Dh 1 = US$0.272294.