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Correspondent Bank

nounid 2029·updated May 9, 2026
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An institution, acting on behalf of other institutions, that can settle the checks they collect for other institutions (respondents) by using accounts on their books or by sending a wire funds transfers. Generally, a provider of banking and payment services to other financial institutions.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Organization85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Correspondent Banks
possessive
Correspondent Bank's
pluralpossessive
Correspondent Banks'

Framework definitions

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
An institution, acting on behalf of other institutions, that can settle the checks they collect for other institutions (respondents) by using accounts on their books or by sending a wire funds transfers. Generally, a provider of banking and payment services to other financial institutions.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
An institution, acting on behalf of other institutions, that can settle the checks they collect for other institutions (respondents) by using accounts on their books or by sending a wire funds transfers. Generally, a provider of banking and payment services to other financial institutions.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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