bad bank

== English == === Etymology === Possibly derived from a usage by Walter Bagehot in Lombard Street: "The cardinal maxim is, that any aid to a present bad bank is the surest mode of preventing the establishment of a future good bank." === Noun === bad bank (plural bad banks) (banking) A bank created to specialize in the ownership of defaulted loans and their collection. ==== Synonyms ==== collection bank ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== toxic assets bad bank on Wikipedia.Wikipedia