- respondent bank, generally a community bank serviced by a larger correspondent bank.
- funds borrowed by a bank holding company for use as a subsidiary, generally to obtain a more favorable rate; a downstream loan. Contrast with upstream.
flow of corporate activity from parent to subsidiary. In finance it usually refers to loans, since dividends and interest generally flow upstream. In management it usually refers to instructions from headquarters.
(describing data transmission) in a direction from the server to the client, or from the main computer to the peripheral. Compare download. Contrast upstream.
flow of corporate activity from parent to subsidiary. Financially, it usually refers to loans, since dividends and interest generally flow upstream. Term is also used by securities analysts, particularly oil analysts, meaning earnings or operations at or near the end-product stage. In an integrated oil company, for example, downstream would refer to the retail gas pump, upstream to exploration.
