As its trading businesses have mushroomed-to well beyond the size of its investment bank-clients have become increasingly confused about whether the firm is an agent or a competitor.

当它的交易额快速增长远远超出了投资银行的范围时，客户们开始越来越搞不清楚，它到底是一家代理商还是一个竞争对手。

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In its simplest form, a bank could appoint someone like a shopkeeper or mobile-airtime reseller as an agent who collects deposits and pays out withdrawals.

在最简单的模式下，银行可以委托一家店主或者移动电话经销商作为代理，负责存取款业务。

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Mr Kamath, the chairman of ICICI, India’s biggest private bank, is thinking about appointing an agent in each village who would be given the kit to link up with the bank’s system.

印度最大的私人银行ICICI总裁卡玛斯先生正考虑在第个村庄指定一位代理人，并向其提供与银行系统相联的工具。

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Where an institutional customer has delegated decisionmaking authority to an agent, such as an investment adviser or a bank trust department, these factors shall be applied to the agent.

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