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Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

husbank

English translation:

primary bank

Added to glossary by Charlesp
Oct 24, 2009 17:02
14 yrs ago
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Swedish term

husbank

Swedish to English Bus/Financial Finance (general) financial crises
Har vi en övertro på fördelarna med en enda "husbank" för företagets alla affärer?
TIA
Proposed translations (English)
2 +1 primary bank
4 +2 full service bank
4 house bank
2 housing bank
Change log

Oct 26, 2009 14:39: Charlesp changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/47012">Helen Johnson's</a> old entry - "husbank"" to ""primary bank""

Discussion

Tania McConaghy Oct 25, 2009:
recent use of term "husbank" http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/din-ekonomi/ulla-hansson-75-oppnade...
Helen Johnson (asker) Oct 25, 2009:
In case it helps The text is also written with a heavy overtone of irony in places.
Helen Johnson (asker) Oct 25, 2009:
Text is in Swedish with some wordplay occasionally Text is talking about steps that were taken in the 1990s financial crisis compared with steps that could be taken today (in Sweden). I got the impression that "husbank" did mean the sole provider of all things financial. I've also seen it on Google in a derogatory context, apparently referring to people who (e.g.) marry a man so he can be a sugar daddy and provide everything - unless I've misunderstood. Also refers to banks taking steps for their own gain rather than to protect their customers. Not sure when the text was written but there are a few texts that refer to different editions of a publication.
Charlesp Oct 25, 2009:
interesting reference See also this reference: http://www.saptechies.com/use-the-same-house-bank-id-for-two...
Charlesp Oct 25, 2009:
was the original text written by a native Norwegian speaker?

Proposed translations

+1
12 hrs
Selected

primary bank

another possibility, from the context (and not necessarily from the term itself), that it appears in this context that husbank is used to mean the "primary bank" that the company would use.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2009-10-25 06:11:45 GMT)
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"One stop shop" is another, less formal, term which maybe could possibly be used here.
Peer comment(s):
agree Madeleine MacRae Klintebo : This is a term that also conveys the meaning, i.e. that it's the bank where the company conducts most of its business.
7 hrs
Thanks for your comments. Yes, I agree - that this would be the best term, but it presumes that I have understood the context of the text correctly (which in fact I am not certain about).
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks (this is also what the client said, or "major" bank)"
12 hrs

housing bank

a husbank is a housing bank.

But with the limited text supplied, it is not clear it fits the context (hence level 2).

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Note added at 12 hrs (2009-10-25 05:20:23 GMT)
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P.S. Husbanken is the Norwegian State Housing Bank - but that doesnt appear to be what they mean here.
Reference:

http://www.husbanken.no/default.aspx?sc_lang=en

Peer comment(s):
neutral Madeleine MacRae Klintebo : To me a "housing bank" (not that I've ever come across one) would refer to some kind of organisation keeping check on housing stock.
7 hrs
Thanks for your comments. Yes, I agree - but they do exist. But then there is the Husbanken, which is the Norwegian State Housing Bank (dealing with housing and housing policy). However this is in Norway, so unless the text is about Norway ...
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3 hrs

house bank

must be the same in English

Handelsbanken var husbank åt Scania och rådgivare åt tyska MAN - samtidigt ... Som husbank åt lastbilstillverkaren Scania tog Handelsbanken ...

Genom Nordbanken ställning som husbank för Nilsson-gruppen missbrukade man sin roll ... Nordbanken har genom sin roll som husbank och rådgivare förorsakat ...


follow the link, plz


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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-10-24 20:32:23 GMT)
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http://www.sap-exp.com/house-bank.html

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Note added at 15 hrs (2009-10-25 08:41:14 GMT)
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http://www.bankwatch.org/newsroom/release.shtml?x=2081980
Reference:

http://www.allinterview.com/showanswers/4132.html

Peer comment(s):
neutral Madeleine MacRae Klintebo : None of you references appear to have been written by native EN speakers.
2 hrs
neutral Charlesp : ?? "house bank" sounds like a odd term, a house bank sounds like a bank that gives loans for houses, and not a term used in the IT context relating to banking. But maybe. Don't think it works in this context though.
8 hrs
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+2
3 hrs

full service bank

or financial supermarket, one-stop banking

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Note added at 1 day6 hrs (2009-10-25 23:32:20 GMT)
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I got the impression too that "husbank" is an institution that is the sole provider of all things financial for a company.
Reference:

http://www.allbusiness.com/glossaries/full-service-bank/4951334-1.html

Peer comment(s):
neutral Viachaslau : can neither agree nor disagree. Simply can't find this in the source.
38 mins
agree Madeleine MacRae Klintebo : "full service" or "one-stop" bank seems to convey the concept
1 hr
Thank you Madeleine!
agree De Novi
5 hrs
Thank you Zanne!
neutral Charlesp : sounds nice, but why is it called a "husbank" rather than something else?
8 hrs
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