1. Banks and Finance

2. Banks A bank is an institution which deal with finances Types of banks
Retail banks
Investment banks
Central banks
Online banks

3. Services
Variety of accounts (current, savings, building society account)
Term deposits
Cash machine ATM
E- banking, mobile banking
Providing loans and mortgages
Foreign currency exchange

4. Stock Market Stock markets / stock exchange/ bourse
London in a financial part: City
New York: Wall Street
Products
Securities (bonds, shares/stocks, commercial paper)

5. Personal Investing Savings account at a building society
Shares in investments companies
Contributions into a private pension

6. Wrongdoing Related to Finance
Bribery – illegal way of convincing someone to do something
A corrupt person – someone who accepts a bribe
Corruption informal name is sleaze
Money laundering – to conceal the illegal finance background

7. Sources
MASCULL, B. Business Vocabulary in Use Intermediate. CUP , 80, 88 ps. ISBN