The two Liquidity Adjustment Facility with the Central Bank are the Repo Rate and Reverse Repo Rate. Repo Rate is the rate at which interest is charged by the central bank, i.e. Reserve Bank for granting loans to a commercial bank. As against, the Reverse Repo Rate is the rate at which interest is given to the banks which park their excess money with the Reserve Bank of India. What is a Repurchase Option Agreement? Repo is an abbreviation for the Repurchase Option Agreement. It is a contract … [Read more...]

Commercial banks are mandated to hold a fixed proportion of their average cash balance, as a reserve with the central bank, the amount of which should not be less than the specified percentage of Net Demand and Time Liabilities is called Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR). On the other hand, SLR or Statutory Liquidity Ratio is the amount which a commercial bank is required to maintain in the form of liquid assets, i.e. cash, gold and bonds, before extending loans to its customers. Basically, every … [Read more...]

Banker's Cheque or say pay order is an instrument, generally non-negotiable, issued by the bank on behalf of the customer, containing an order to pay a specified sum to the specified person, in the same city. On the other hand, demand draft is a financial instrument, used by people for the purpose of transferring money from one place to another. Whether it is a banker's cheque or a demand draft, the validation period of the two instruments is 3 months, i.e. after the expiry of three months, … [Read more...]

The cheque is just like a paper leaf, containing an order to the bank to pay the specified amount to the person whose name is stated on it. However, there is always a risk of dishonour of a cheque due to various reason, for which many entities prefer demand draft instead, as the payment is guaranteed. A demand draft is an instrument issued by the bank in favour of the beneficiary and used for the transfer of money. But, again the person has to visit the bank branch to apply for the demand … [Read more...]