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Banks or The Banks may refer to:

• Bank Banking is generally a highly regulated industry, and government restrictions on financial activities by banks have varied over time and location. The current set of global bank capital standards are called Basel II. In some countries such as Germany, banks have historically owned major stakes in industrial corporations while in other countries, a financial institution
• Banks (surname), for a list of people with the surname
• Banks Barbados Brewery

Contents 1 Placenames 1.1 Australia 1.2 New Zealand 1.3 Canada 1.4 United Kingdom 1.5 United States 2 See also

Placenames

Australia

• Banks, Australian Capital Territory Banks is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. It is the most southerly suburb of Canberra. The suburb is named after Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), the botanist who accompanied Captain James Cook to the Pacific Ocean on which he entered Botany Bay in 1770. The suburb was gazetted on 12 March 1987. The theme of the street, a suburb of Canberra
• Division of Banks, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales
• Moa Island (Queensland) or Banks Island

New Zealand

• Banks Peninsula Banks Peninsula is a peninsula of volcanic origin on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It has an area of approximately 1,150 square kilometres and encompasses two large harbours and many smaller bays and coves. The South Island's largest city, Christchurch is located immediately north of the peninsula, South Island

Canada

• Banks Island One of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Banks Island is situated in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is separated from Victoria Island to its east by the Prince of Wales Strait and from the mainland by Amundsen Gulf to its south. The Beaufort Sea lies to its west. To the northeast, M'Clure Strait, one of the Canadian Arctic islands
• Banks Island (British Columbia) Banks Island is an island on the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located south of Prince Rupert, on Hecate Strait directly east of the Queen Charlotte Islands. To the east of Banks Island is Pitt Island and McCauley Island, both across Principe Channel. To the south lies the archipelago of the Estevan Group, beyond which
• Banks Peninsula (Nunavut)

United Kingdom

• Banks, Cumbria Banks is a village in Cumbria, England, astride the course of Hadrian's Wall, 3 mile NE of the market town of Brampton. The historic Lanercost Priory] is just a mile (1.5 km) to the SW, a village in England
• Banks, Lancashire Banks is a large coastal village in Lancashire, England. It lies just south of the Ribble estuary and four miles (6 km) north-east of the town of Southport. The village is administered by West Lancashire Borough Council, and by North Meols parish council for parochial matters. It falls in the South Ribble parliamentary constituency. According to, a village in England

United States

• Banks, Alabama Banks is a town in Pike County, Alabama, United States. According to the 2000 and 2005 U.S. Census totals, the town had a population of 224
• Banks, Oregon Banks is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,286 at the 2000 census. The 2007 estimate is 1,435 residents
• The Banks, a development project in Cincinnati, Ohio

See also

• Bank (disambiguation)
• Banks Township (disambiguation)
• Category:Banks A bank is a financial institution that provides banking and other financial services. By the term bank is generally understood an institution that holds a banking license. Banking licenses are granted by bank regulatory authorities and provides rights to conduct the most fundamental banking services such as accepting deposits and making loans, listing of articles on specific financial companies

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