lead bank

noun [C] (also agent bank) FINANCE

Definition

› a bank that represents several banks in the management of loans that they have joined together in making: The group acted as lead bank on a $4.8 billion loan to the buyer.

(Definition of lead bank noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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