This U.S. Census Bureau NAICS-based industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing credit or capital to businesses and other organizations for intermediate and long-term periods (more than one year). Included here are non-depository industrial banks and non-depository Morris plans.

Cross-References.

  • Establishments primarily engaged in granting short-term credit to business or commercial enterprises (other than in exchange for credit-related assets)--are classified in U.S. Census Bureau NAICS-based industry 5222203, Commercial Finance Companies;
  • Establishments primarily engaged in servicing credit cards--are classified in U.S. Census Bureau NAICS-based industry 5223203, Credit Card Service by Business Credit Institutions;
  • Establishments primarily engaged in providing credit (including credit cards) to businesses and other organizations for relatively short periods--are classified in Industry 522210, Credit Card Issuing; and
  • Establishments primarily engaged in managing the Nation's money supply and regulated banks' reserves and acting as a fiscal agent for the central government--are classified in Industry 521110, Monetary Authorities-Central Bank.