Plural of banking; the business or activity of managing money and financial accounts for people and organizations.
From 'bank' (a financial institution) combined with the suffix '-ing' (indicating action or process) and pluralized with '-s'. The term emerged in the 18th century as banking became a formalized profession.
Banking only became an organized profession after the 17th century when goldsmiths in London started storing valuable items in vaults and issuing receipts—essentially inventing modern banking by accident!
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