DISINTERMEDIATION Definition & Meaning

disintermediation

[ dis-in-ter-mee-dee-ey-shuhn ]

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noun

the act of removing funds from savings banks and placing them into short-term investments on which the interest-rate yields are higher.

disintermediation

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noun

finance the elimination of such financial intermediaries as banks and brokers in transactions between principals, often as a result of deregulation and the use of computers

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��t¶�� History and Origins

Origin of disintermediation¹

First recorded in 1965–70; dis- ¹ + intermediation

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“Our analysis suggests the impacts on bank disintermediation and lending could be manageable for the banking sector,” they said, with any impact likely limited in “plausible” levels of adoption.

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CBDC, she said, would need to be designed with "safeguards" in place to prevent the disintermediation of banks.

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A major characteristic of the Internet goes by the fancy term "disintermediation."

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A major characteristic of the internet goes by the fancy term “disintermediation”.

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“He had this very strong conviction, this belief, that the internet was all about disintermediation,” said Filippo Pittarello, a former employee of Casaleggio who now works in Five Star’s Brussels office.

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disinterested disintoxication

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