A bank is a financial institution and a financial intermediary that accepts deposits and channels those deposits into lending activities.
Bank, The Bank, or banking may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Films DCI Banks, a British television crime drama, aired by ITV 2010–2016 Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, a 1983 telemovie The Bank (1915 film), starring Charlie Chaplin The Bank (2001 film), starring David Wenham
Music "Bank", a 2017 song by Brockhampton from Saturation "Bank", a 2018 song by Lil Baby from Harder Than Ever "Bank" (Icegergert and Zivert song), a 2025 Russian song by Icegergert and Zivert
Other media Memory Banks (comic strip), a British comic strip Memory Bank (UK game show), a daytime game show which was shown on Five in the UK
Finance Central bank Mutual savings bank Piggy bank, a device for money saving Savings bank
Organizations BANK (art collective), a 1990s London art collective Bank (diaper bank), organizations created for the purpose of distributing free diapers to parents and caregivers unable to afford diapers Bank Street College of Education, a private graduate school for Early Childhood Education in New York, NY, U.S.
Places
Bánk, a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, Hungary Bank, Iran, a city in Bushehr Province, Iran The Bank, Cheshire, a location in England The Bank, Bury, a public house in Greater Manchester, England Bank junction, a major road junction in the City of London Bank Station (OC Transpo), a bus stop in Ottawa Bank Street (Ottawa), Ontario, Canada Bank–Monument station, a tube station in London Bankə, Azerbaijan Promysel Narimanova or Bank, Azerbaijan
Science and technology Computing Data bank, a storage area for information in telecommunications Memory bank, a logical unit of storage
Biology and healthcare Blood bank Gene bank Ova bank Seed bank Sperm bank
Natural geography Bank (geography), a raised portion of seabed or sloping ground along the edge of a stream, river, or lake Ocean bank, a shallow area in a body of water
Transportation Bank engine, a railway locomotive attached to the rear of a train, usually to add haulage power over a short distance Bank or roll, in aircraft flight dynamics, a rotation of the vehicle about its longitudinal axis Banked turn, a change of direction in which a vehicle inclines Cylinder bank, a single row of cylinders in an internal combustion engine
Sport Bank shot, a type of shot in: Basketball Cue sports Citizens Bank Park or The Bank, a baseball stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. M&T Bank Stadium or The Bank, an American football stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Bank of America Stadium or The Bank, an American football stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Other uses Bank (surname), a surname Bank (fortification), a type of earthwork used in field defenses or around early hillforts Food bank, non-profit, charitable organization that distributes food to those who have difficulty purchasing enough to avoid hunger
See also
Banker (disambiguation) Banks (disambiguation) Banku (disambiguation) Cache (disambiguation) Embankment (disambiguation) Mitigation banking, or environmental mitigation, government-regulated environmental offset projects Phone bank (disambiguation) Ponding bank, a technique used in regenerative agriculture to prevent soil erosion Shore Storage (disambiguation) Vəng (disambiguation), several places in Azerbaijan East Bank (disambiguation) Left Bank (disambiguation) North Bank (disambiguation) Right Bank (disambiguation) South Bank (disambiguation) West Bank (disambiguation)