The word bank comes from the Italian word "BANCO" or "BANCA" meaning Bench. Early Italian bankers conducted their business on the benches on the streets. Large banking firms were then established in Florence, Rome, Venice and other Italian cities and banking activities slowly spread throughout the world. The banks perform number of functions and therefore, it has become extremely difficult to give definition of a bank.
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