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A commercial bank is a type of Financial Intermediary and a type of Bank . It raises funds by collecting Deposit s from businesses and consumers via Checkable Deposit s, Savings Deposit s, and Time (or Term) Deposit s. It makes Loan s to businesses and consumers. It also buys Corporate Bond s and Government Bond s. Its primary Liabilities are deposits and primary Assets are loans and bonds.

This is what people normally call a "bank". The term "commercial" was used to distinguish it from an Investment Bank . Since the two types of banks no longer have to be separate companies, some have used the term "commercial bank" to refer to banks which focus mainly on companies. In some English-speaking countries outside North America, the term "trading bank" was and is used to denote a commercial bank.