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# 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
1. Roche, Cullen O. 2011. Understanding the Modern Monetary System. http://ssrn.com/paper=1905625.
1. Binder, Carola. 2021. Technopopulism and Central Banks. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3823456.
1. Braun, Benjamin, and Daniela Gabor. 2019. Central Banking, Shadow Banking, and Infrastructural Power. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/nf9ms.