Intermediary

1. Financial markets.

Abbreviation for financial intermediary.

2. Other intermediaries.

Any organisation or individual that facilitates an exchange, communication or other relationship between two or more other parties.

See also

• Counterparty
• Disintermediation
• Exchange
• Financial intermediary
• Interest rate transformation
• Intermediation
• Maturity transformation
• Non-bank financial intermediaries
• Peer-to-peer
• Regulation
• Shadow banking