A land bank is a bank that issues long-term loans on real estate in return for mortgages. This term could also apply to:
- The Land Bank of Taiwan, a wholly state-owned bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
- The Land Bank of the Philippines, a bank in the Philippines owned by the Philippine government with a special focus on serving the needs of farmers and fishermen
- Land banking, the buying and holding (rather than developing) of land for future development or use
Famous quotes containing the words land and/or bank:
“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”
—Bible: Hebrew Exodus 20:12, one of the Ten Commandments.
“When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him, and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 2:3.