# bank (financial)

an institution where people hold and manage money through accounts

- Computed level: L17 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: economics  ·  Arena: E5

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [building](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-building.structure), [money](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-money.economic), [services](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-services.economic), [account](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-account.financial), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [keep](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-keep.maintenance), [use](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-use.application), [hold](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-hold.physical), [management](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-management.administrative)

**Through:** the building hosts services that use accounts to help people keep and manage money

**Novel properties:**
- regulated financial access
- centralized monetary recordkeeping
- institutional money management

## Examples
- JPMorgan Chase operates 4,700 branches across the U.S., managing $3.3 trillion in assets as of 2023. *(economics)*
- The Bank of England, founded in 1694, held and managed state funds during the Nine Years' War. *(institutions)*
- In 2008, Deutsche Bank processed over €1.5 trillion in daily clearing transactions before system overloads triggered emergency protocols. *(computing)*

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