The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word FISHING
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "Trying to get something from the bank" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case trying to get something from the bank = fishing.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FISHING mean?
FISHING noun- The act of catching fish.
- The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
- Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
- A fishery, a place for catching fish.
- To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.
- To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.
- To use as bait when fishing.
- To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
- (followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.
- Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
- To repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).
- To hoist the flukes of.