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Corporate banking

Meaning in finance & banking, with examples

nounCommon term

In finance & banking, corporate banking means: Banking services for large companies, such as loans, cash management, trade finance and foreign exchange.

In Turkish: kurumsal bankacılık

How it is used

Names both the business line and the team. Relationship managers in corporate banking look after a portfolio of company clients. Banks usually split customers by size into retail, SME, commercial and corporate segments.

Example sentences

  1. He is a relationship manager in corporate banking, covering energy companies.

  2. Corporate banking clients expect cash management solutions tailored to them.

Common collocations

  • corporate banking division
  • corporate banking clients
  • head of corporate banking
  • corporate and investment banking
  • retail bankingBanking services for individual customers, such as current accounts, savings, cards, personal loans and mortgages.
  • commercial bankA bank that takes deposits from people and businesses and uses them to make loans and offer payment services.
  • SMEShort for small and medium-sized enterprise: a company below certain limits for staff and turnover. In the EU, SMEs have fewer than 250 employees.
  • working capitalThe money a business has available for its daily operations, calculated as current assets minus current liabilities.

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