BANK HOLDING COMPANIES
A
bank holding company
is a corporation that owns
several different companies. This form of corporate ownership has important advan-
tages for banks in that it has allowed them to circumvent restrictive branching
regulations, because the holding company can own a controlling interest in several
banks even if branching is not permitted. Furthermore, a bank holding company can
engage in other activities related to banking, such as the provision of investment
advice, data processing and transmission services, leasing, credit card services, and
servicing of loans in other states.
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