Financial institutions include banks, credit unions, insurance companies, stockbrokers, and investment funds that provide financial services to businesses and consumers. They are broadly categorized as commercial banks and cooperative banks. Financial institutions encompass a broad range of operations within the financial services sector including collecting deposits, providing loans, facilitating investments, and conducting currency exchange. Development finance institutions specifically provide risk capital and financing for economic development projects that might not otherwise receive funding from commercial lenders, with the goal of promoting national economic development.