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Investment Bank

The bank where you have a bank account is a commercial bank. But if you were a huge company, you wouldn't schlep to that podunk bank—you'd go to an investment bank.

This type of financial institution can handle the bigger amounts of money companies play with and offers business-specific services, like help with mergers and the issuing of stocks and bonds.

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