Bankerage

They have their stored booths in every bazaar, occupy all the principal caravanseries with their merchandize, and entirely control the business of bankerage and monopolies.

[…] merely because bankerage beats blacksmithing?

We believe that the 2 or 3 percentage point increase that this is likely to generate will not make any significant difference in market price and in our ability—with our bankerage—to adjust supply and demand.

You receive a monthly statement that reflects all the activities of your bankerage accounts (which can even include an equity line of credit with your bankerage). Banking with your brokerage has many advantages.

[…] for the Web to provide a complete range of "bankerage" services. In two new studies, Corporate Insight senior analyst David Rosenberg claims that only 40 percent of the 18 brokerages that the firm monitors can be considered a full bankerage, defined as a broker that offers traditional banking products.