financial intermediary definition

financial intermediary

Financial institution (such as a bank, credit union, finance company, insurance company, stock exchange, brokerage company) which acts as the 'middleman' between those who want to lend and those who want to borrow.

financial intermediary is in the Accounting & Auditing and Banking, Commerce & Finance subjects.

financial intermediary appears in the definitions of the following terms: disintermediation, life insurance company, transaction cost, investment bank and confirmation

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