Generally, correspondent banking arrangement involves two banks establishing reciprocal accounts with each other through bilateral agreements. These accounts are established to enable the domestic bank to make payments or money transfers on behalf of the foreign bank. The most common services provided by correspondent banks are currency exchange, wire transfer, handling business transactions and trade…
(This post elucidates various terminologies used by banks in their dealing rooms for limit fixed to them in their day to day operations by their management) The Treasury operations in the forex (foreign exchange) market are between the banks. The inter-bank foreign currency operations are taking place for two purposes namely (i). Buying and selling…
(This post elucidates on recovery and monitoring process of NPA accounts,advantage and disadvantage of Compromise settlement, and gains of NPA recovery) The asset of the bank, classified as NPA ceases to generate income to the bank. In addition to stoppage of income generation to the banks, banks are required to make provision for NPA. Therefore,…
The Credit Guarantee fund Trust for Micro Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) has been providing guarantee coverage to any collateral / third party guarantee free credit facilities extended by eligible institutions (Member lending institutions (MLI) like banks, financial institutions, select NBFCs and Small Finance banks etc.). Hitherto, all activities* that come under manufacturing and service sector as…
Trade Credit (Buyer’s credit/supplier credit) can be raised by Indian importers in any freely convertible foreign currency (FCY-denominated TC) or Indian Rupee (INR-denominated TC), as per the Trade Credits (TC) framework. Buyers’ credit finance means finance for payment of imports in India arranged by the importer (buyer) from a bank or financial institution outside India.…
Banks troubled with capital constraints sell their “excess baggage” of loan assets to other banks in the form of ‘Inter Bank Participation Certificate (IBPC). These IBPC transactions are aimed to fill the short-term requirements of banks and are typically bought back by the seller bank within three to four months, depending on the agreement. Reserve…
ECONOMIC VALUE ADDED (EVA) Economic Value Added (EVA) or Economic Profit is after-tax net operating profit (NOPAT) minus a capital charge. This measure is based on the Residual Income technique that serves as an indicator of the real profitability of business. The real profitability occurs when additional wealth is created for share shareholders and the…
The assets of the bank, classified under NPA cease to generate income to the bank. In addition to stoppage of income generation to the banks, banks are required to make provision for NPA. Therefore NPA is a double edged razor; damaging the profit, weakening the capital structure and reducing the rating of the bank. Measures…
In economics, profit maximization is a term which denotes the maximum profit to be earned by a company in given period of time. The concept of profit maximization focuses generally on short term projects. Its target is efficient allocation of resources, Optimum utilization that lead to maximum profit. In the concept of profit maximization, the…
Easy money is known as cheap money, easy monetary policy and expansionary monetary policy. An easy money policy is a monetary policy that increases the money supply usually by lowering interest rates. The main purpose of Easy Money policy is to facilitate increase in investment thereby raising gross domestic product. Easy Money occurs when a…