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Bad Bank

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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.


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The government has announced the establishment of a so-called bad bank to absorb dud loans.
He apologised to the Irish public for supporting the bad bank and insisted "taxpayers were sold a pig in a poke".
Global Banking News-4 August 2010-Credit Suisse says Irish bad bank may not be repaid land loans(C)2010 ENPublishing - http://www.
 
 
 
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