81.   The bank pays no taxes on this gain from the currency transactions because it has losses to offset the deal.

82.   The committee will decide if a boost to the fed funds rate --what banks pay each other to borrow money overnight -- is warranted.

83.   The bank is paying one of the highest prices in terms of book value, or assets minus liabilities.

84.   The call rate, what banks pay to borrow from each other, settled just below that.

85.   The deal would be structured as a merger of equals, in which neither bank would pay a premium to acquire the other.

86.   The dividend is fully franked, which means the bank has paid the corporate tax on the payout.

87.   The discount rate is what banks pay the Bank of Japan to borrow.

88.   The Fed can also change the discount rate, which is the rate banks pay to borrow money from the Fed.

89.   The federal funds rate is the rate banks pay to borrow money from each other overnight.

90.   The Fed gets some income from the interest that banks pay when they borrow money at the discount window and some fee income for certain services.