Banks implies the financial institution that takes public deposits and extends credit to those who need it. They are a substantial part of the financial system, which assists in the overall economic development. These are broadly classified as scheduled and non-scheduled banks in India regulated under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, wherein scheduled banks include all the commercial banks like nationalised, foreign, development, cooperative and regional rural banks. On the other extreme, … [Read more...]

Banks are termed as the financial institutions, which act as intermediaries between depositors and borrowers. Besides the usual function of accepting deposits and extending credit, many value added services are also provided by the banks. Indeed, there are different types of banks set up to perform different functions. Commercial banks are the banks that provide services to the general public and companies as well. On the other hand, merchant banks are similar to investment banks as they do … [Read more...]

Internet Banking or otherwise known as online banking is among the convenient e-banking modes, which caused the change in banking operations and provides virtual banking facilities to its customers continuously. In this method, the clients can access their bank account details, no matter where they are located, with the help of bank's website. Internet Banking is not similar to mobile banking, which implies a wireless, internet-based facility provided by the banks to their customers, to … [Read more...]

Charge denotes an impediment over the title of the property, i.e. when the charge is created on an asset, the asset is not allowed to be sold or transferred. Basically, there are three ways through which charge is created on the property, that are classified according to the movability of the asset, i.e. On movable property, the charge is created by way of pledge or hypothecation, whereas when the charge is created on an immovable asset, then it is known as Mortgage. The basic purpose of … [Read more...]

To fulfil the financial requirement of the enterprise, the business person should identify the purpose and term for availing credit, i.e. nothing is better than a loan if the amount is required to fulfil the long-term financial requirement and if the funds are needed to fulfil the working capital requirement, then overdraft is the best option. Finance is the spine of every business because in the absence of sufficient funds the business cannot function properly. From the day, the decision to … [Read more...]

The Reserve Bank of India is the apex bank and the monetary authority, which regulates the banking system of the country. It is the banker's bank, it governs all the banks of the country, like cooperative banks, commercial banks and development banks. The commercial bank includes public sector banks, private sector bank, foreign bank, regional rural bank, local area banks, etc. Before 1969, except eight banks (SBI and seven associate banks), all the banks in India were private sector banks after … [Read more...]

Letter of Credit (L/C) is a financial instrument, used as an evidence of creditworthiness, issued by the bank of the buyer, concerning his credit history. L/C is often confused with a bank guarantee, as they share some common characteristics like both play a significant role in trade financing when the parties to the transactions don't have established the business relationship. Nevertheless, the two differs, in the bank's position vis-à-vis buyer and seller of goods and services. A bank … [Read more...]

One of our common misconception about the two payment processing giants, Visa and MasterCard is that they issue credit cards. But the fact is that they are not card issuers, as they are intermediaries between banks and customers. These two multinational companies provide end number of services to customers through banks, and so they do not have any interaction with the customers. While three level of services are provided by MasterCard, there are only two levels of services provided by Visa … [Read more...]

Do you want to transfer funds? There are many modes to transfer funds electronically, which are safe and convenient at the same time. Such modes are NEFT, RTGS, and IMPS which help you in transferring money instantly, irrespective of the bank account, i.e. same bank or different bank. While NEFT (National Electronic Fund Transfer) settles the transaction in batches, in RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement) the settlement of the transaction is based on real time. IMPS (Immediate Payment System) is … [Read more...]

While banks and non-banking financial companies (NBFC) both are key financial intermediaries, that offer almost similar services to the customers. The major difference between NBFC and bank is that unlike banks, an NBFC cannot issue self-drawn cheques and demand drafts. Another important point of distinction amidst these two is that while banks take part in the country's payment mechanism, non-banking financial companies are not involved in such transactions. As finance is the basic … [Read more...]