A legal person, established pursuant to the provisions of statute, operating on the basis of permission to perform banking operations that expose to risk funds which have been entrusted to the bank and which are in any way repayable.

The basic banking operations shall comprise:

1. acceptance of deposits payable on demand or at a specified maturity, and the operation of such deposit accounts,
2. operation of other bank accounts,
3. extension of loans,
4. issue and confirmation of bank guarantees, and issue and confirmation of letters of credit,
5. issue of bank securities,
6. performance of bank monetary settlements,

• Mortgage bank
• Commercial bank
• State bank
• Custodian bank
• Specialised bank
• Cooperative bank
• Joint-stock bank