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International Banking Facility (IBF)

International Banking Facility (IBF) is a department within a U.S. bank that may accept foreign deposits and make loans to foreign borrowers as if it were a foreign subsidiary. IBFs are free of U.S. reserve requirements, deposit insurance, and interest rate regulations.


International banking facility (IBF) is the computerized account records that are kept separate from a U.S. bank’s domestic accounts and that keep track primarily of international or overseas transactions.

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