# Bank
A bank is a financial institution which is chartered and regulated to hold customer [deposit](deposit.md). 

A bank has [deposit insurance](deposit-insurance.md) backed by a [central bank](central-banks.md).

Banks are required to perform [KYC](kyc.md), [CTF](ctf.md), [AML](aml.md) checks on financial transactions and account holders.

## References
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1. Braun, Benjamin, and Daniela Gabor. 2019. ‘Central Banking, Shadow Banking, and Infrastructural Power’. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/nf9ms.