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savings and loan association [1 record]

Record 1 2010-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Institutions
DEF

Depository financial institution, federally or state chartered, holding its assets mostly in residential mortgages and collecting its deposits from consumers.

CONT

Savings and loan associations today offer many of the same consumer and business loans available from commercial banks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Institutions financières
CONT

Les associations d'épargne immobilière se distinguent des associations d'épargne ordinaire par le seul fait que la spéculation est uniquement dirigée vers le marché immobilier. Dérivées des «Building Societies» britanniques, leur premier objet est en effet l'approvisionnement en fonds visant l'investissement immobilier.

Key term(s)
  • caisse d'épargne-logement

Spanish

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