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Bad bank A government owned entity that takes over and liquidates toxic assets from failed or declining financial institutions to leave them with a clean balance sheet. The strategy was last used during the Savings and Loan crisis of 1980s where this entity was called the Resolution Trust Corporation. Bad Bank A bank to which a bank holding company transfers non-performing assets from the banks it owns. This reduces the risk to which the transferring banks are exposed, which in turn increases their credit quality. A bad bank is also called a collection bank. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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