Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of ...

New small companies have a long to-do list and one of the items includes selecting a bank from the large collection of institutions vying for the finances. Successful small-business owners develop ...

Andrew Beattie was part of the original editorial team at Investopedia and has spent twenty years writing on a diverse range of financial topics including business, investing, personal finance, and ...

A central bank is a banker's bank. It is normally part of or connected to the government of a country and manages the country's financial system. A commercial bank provides banking services to ...