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bad bank

British  

noun

  1. a financial institution set up to hold and manage underperforming assets owned by other banks

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Are you worried about the health of credit markets after the recent bankruptcies and bad bank loans?

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

Based on what’s known so far, bad bank management, unheeded warnings and the unintended consequences of rising interest rates all contributed to SVB’s implosion.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023

Nonetheless, the still very high debt levels and bad bank loans drag the country’s rating down, Fitch says.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2022

Shifting them to one or more asset management company, or a "bad bank", remains a leading option, two of the sources said.

From Reuters • Jul. 8, 2021

With so much "bad bank paper" in circulation, Speridionides is not likely to set a high price on his own scrip.'

From Lord Kilgobbin by Lever, Charles James

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