Bank A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Because ...

s are financial institutions. Banks or The Banks may also refer to:

Places

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 Botany Bay in 1770. ...

, a suburb of Canberra *

County of Banks, Queensland The county of Banks is one of the counties of Queensland, Australia, that existed before 1901. The county is divided into civil parishes. It is located in Far North Queensland, and is named for Sir Joseph Banks, who with Captain James Cook la ...

Division of Banks The Division of Banks is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. History The division was created in 1949 and is named for Sir Joseph Banks, the British naturalist and botanist who accompanied James Cook on his voy ...

, an electoral district in New South Wales *

Moa Island (Queensland) Moa Island, also called Banks Island, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago that is located north of Thursday Island in the Banks Channel of Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. It is also a locality within the Torres Strait ...

or Banks Island

Canada

Banks Island Banks Island is one of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago. Situated in the Inuvik Region, and part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, of the Northwest Territories, it is separated from Victoria Island to its east by the Prince of Wa ...

, one of the Canadian Arctic islands * Banks Island (British Columbia) *

Banks Peninsula (Nunavut) The Banks Peninsula (sometimes Banks' Peninsula) is located on the mainland of Canada's Nunavut territory. There are no communities on the peninsula, though the hamlet of Bathurst Inlet is located close by, to the south, across the waterway of Bath ...

New Zealand

* Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

United Kingdom

Banks, Cumbria Banks is a village in Cumbria, England, astride the course of Hadrian's Wall, 3 mile (5 km) NE of the market town of Brampton. The historic Lanercost Priory Lanercost Priory was founded by Robert de Vaux between 1165 and 1174, the most ...

, a village * Banks, Dumfries and Galloway, a

location In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...

* The Banks, Greater Manchester, a

Banks, Lancashire Banks is a large coastal village in Lancashire, England, south of the Ribble estuary four miles (6 km) north-east of Southport. The village is administered by West Lancashire Borough and North Meols Parish Council. It is in the South R ...

, a village * The Banks, Wiltshire

United States

* Banks, Alabama * Banks, Arkansas * Banks County, Georgia * Banks, Idaho *

Banks, Oregon Banks is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States which is located in the Tualatin Valley. It is the southern anchor to the Banks–Vernonia State Trail, which is a long linear trail popular with bicyclists, hikers, and equestrians. Th ...

The Banks, Cincinnati The Banks is a mixed-use development and neighborhood along the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the land between Paycor Stadium and Great American Ball Park. History The construction for a new riverfront area between the two stadiums is the ...

, a development project in Cincinnati, Ohio * Banks Township (disambiguation)

Vanuatu

Banks Islands The Banks Islands (in Bislama ''Bankis'') are a group of islands in northern Vanuatu. Together with the Torres Islands to their northwest, they make up the northernmost province of Torba. The island group lies about north of Maewo, and inclu ...

, Vanuatu

Other uses

* ''Banks'' (album), a 2012 album by Paul Banks *

Bank (geography) In geography, a bank is the land alongside a body of water. Different structures are referred to as ''banks'' in different fields of geography, as follows. In limnology (the study of inland waters), a stream bank or river bank is the terra ...

, the land alongside a body of water * Banks (given name) * Banks (surname), a surname (and list of people and fictional characters with the name) *

Banks (singer) Jillian Rose Banks (born June 16, 1988), known mononymously as Banks (often stylized in all caps), is an American singer and songwriter. Following the release of two extended plays, ''Fall Over'' and ''London'', in 2013, Banks released her deb ...

(born 1988), American singer * Banks', a brand of Marston's Brewery *

Banks Barbados Brewery Banks (Barbados) Breweries Ltd. is a Caribbean brewery founded in 1961 in St. Michael, Barbados. It is part of the Banks Holdings Limited group. History Banks Beer was started as an idea formed by Peter D'Aguiar, a Guyanese entrepreneur. On Se ...