How to Use financial institution in a Sentence

financial institution

noun
  • James is charged with one count of bank fraud and one count of making false statements to a financial institution.
    — Christian Orozco, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
  • James was charged with bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • James was charged with one count of bank fraud and another count of false statements to a financial institution.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
  • James pleaded not guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of making false statements to a financial institution.
    — Pierre Thomas, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • These younger consumers expect their financial institution to know them and guide them—not just market to them.
    — Jb Orecchia, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Closing the racial wealth gap won’t be easy, but one financial institution is betting on AI to help speed up the process.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 30 Oct. 2023
  • How does a financial institution, miles away from the dispensary floor, ensure its client is not selling to minors?
    — Peter Su, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • James, at her arraignment, pleaded not guilty to one count each of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
  • James was charged in October with bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 2 June 2026
  • Both were charged Friday with a single count of robbery of a financial institution and the use of a dangerous weapon.
    — Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • Check with your financial institution to make sure your card or app can receive the deposit and double-check the routing and account numbers.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Delinquent loans can be brought current by making up back payments and past due amounts, plus whatever fees the financial institution has levied.
    — Ashley Donohoe, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Choose your account type Each financial institution sets different rules around who can sign up for what kind of savings accounts.
    — Kerri Anne Renzulli, wsj.com, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Anyone targeted by a scam is encouraged to report it to the police and their financial institution right away.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • An agent is a financial institution of Treasury’s choosing.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Bank impersonation calls typically begin with a text that looks like a fraud alert from a financial institution.
    — Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Consider all the disparate data about a customer that a full-service financial institution has about a customer.
    — Geoff Green, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Gooch, 78, remains in custody on charges of stealing or attempting to steal from a financial institution, jail records show.
    — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2023
  • And most builders or sellers won’t accept an offer without a buyer preapproval letter from a financial institution.
    — Cameron Sullivan, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • With one, the name was changed to Sandra Mitteness and from one financial institution to another.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 20 Aug. 2025
  • No charges have been filed; no financial institution has accused her of fraud; there has been no administrative proceeding.
    — Howard Schneider, USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The financial institution upgraded the tech old guard to an outperform rating from perform.
    — Pia Singh, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The financial institution upgraded the tech old guard to an outperform rating from perform.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Badger tried this with three companies — a big financial institution, an agency and a startup — and made it into the hiring process every time.
    — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2024
  • If your funds are held at a regulated financial institution, a court order may still allow creditors to pursue them.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • The emails sought to prey on anxious victims who, given the Equifax news, may have been more likely to open an email from their financial institution, experts said at the time.
    — Brian Fung, CNN, 22 July 2024
  • To get started, select your financial institution and supply your online login credentials for that site.
    — PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Left visible was the amount of each donation, the bank or financial institution of each donor and their ZIP codes.
    — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Overdraft fees are charged when your financial institution determines that your checking account doesn’t have enough funds to cover an expense — but pays it anyway.
    — Teri Sforza, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Last fall, the financial institution fielded concerns over loans made to non-bank financial players that sparked a sell-off of its shares as well as those of other regional banks.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2026

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