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Financial vs Disintermediation - What's the difference?

financial | disintermediation |

As an adjective financial

is related to finances.

As a noun disintermediation is

the removal of funds from a financial institution such as a bank for direct purchase of financial instruments.

financial

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Related to finances.
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  • Having dues and fees paid up to date for a club or society.

    • Usage notes

    Not to be confused with (fiscal), which means more narrowly “pertaining to a treasury, particularly to government spending and revenue”, rather than to money generally.

    Derived terms

    * financial market * financial year * financial regulation

    Related terms

    * finances * financier

    See also

    * fiscal

    disintermediation

    English

    (wikipedia disintermediation)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (banking, finance, economics) The removal of funds from a financial institution such as a bank for direct purchase of financial instruments.
  • (business) The removal of an intermediary from a commercial transaction.
    • The news industry is undergoing a massive disintermediation due to the ubiquitous low-cost communication made possible by the internet.

    Related terms

    *disintermediate