Most credit card companies, banks, and others may ask you for it in order to make sure a crime has actually occurred.

The bank asked all the typical questions, like "What's your budget?"

The bank may ask him to sign a note promising to repay $1100 in one year.

The banks have asked for a meeting with university officials on Monday.

These banks asked government for a bailout and they were given one.

Like a good father, the bank will ask you about your intentions.

In simple terms the first questions a bank would ask were: has the business got a long term future?

So to learn where suspicious money comes from, the banks simply ask their clients.

The bank asked me to ask you to contact them.

To lend, a bank may ask for security, like a personal guarantee, and will normally want to see your own money in the business too.