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thrift

Rare vigorous thriving or growth, as of a plant

thrift

any of numerous perennial plumbaginaceous low-growing plants of the genus Armeria, esp A. maritima, of Europe, W Asia, and North America, having narrow leaves and round heads of pink or white flowers
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Fonacier also said the thrift banking industry sustained its lending activities for the year, with particular support on micro, small and medium enterprise (MSMEs) lending and consumer financing.
Thrift banks are savings and mortgage banks, private development banks, stock savings and loan associations and microfinance thrift banks, capitalized with at least P800 million for those headquartered outside Metro Manila and P2 billion for those based in the capital.
Thrift banks have embraced these new technologies and are maximizing these technologies to ensure faster, better and more affordable services,' he said.
The Festival of Thrift is now in its fourth year of inspiring people to live a fulfilling life in style.
There are 69 thrift banks in operation in the nation.
William Chui, a Los Angeles investor, purchased the 15,340-square-foot thrift store building at 555 River Road, according to a deed filed with the Lane County Clerk's Office this week.
A spokesman for the company said: "Though unfortunate, certain business conditions have made it necessary to close our Value Village thrift store in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood after a number of years of leasing the space on a month-to-month basis".
will receive 8.699 shares of New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares common stock for each share of Central Financial Corp.
But then came the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act, which will merge the primary federal regulator of thrifts, the Office of Thrift Supervision, into the primary regulator of national banks, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
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