(archaic, no longer existing in Japan) A savings bank, a thrift. Established under laws passed in 1890 during the Meiji period and in 1920 during the Taishō period. Role was later merged into that of normal banks by a law passed in 1943 during the Shōwa period.

banker (one who conducts the business of banking)

megabank

the World Bank

banknote, paper money

疾う: quickly, swiftly

灯: electric lights / 投: pitches / 棟: buildings / 等: / 頭: heads of large animals (cows, horses)

刀: a sword, a katana; a scalpel, such as that used by a surgeon; a kind of bronze or copper money in ancient China, shaped a bit like a sword / 灯: electric light / 当: / 投: / 豆: / 党: political party

杜宇:

当: this (business or place)