A commercial bank whose charter is approved by the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency rather than by a state banking department. National banks are required to be members of the Federal Reserve System and to belong to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
A state bank is a financial institution that operates under a charter granted by the regulatory authority of a specific state, as opposed to a national bank, which operates under a federal charter.
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