In our previous posts we talked about In our previous posts we talked about various types of audits conducted in banks such as (1) Statutory Audit (2) Long Form Audit Report 3) What is a forensic audit? (4) What is a Legal Audit? (5) Concurrent Audit System in bank. (6) Emergence of Risk-Based Internal Audits in Banks and (7) Tax audit, For details, you may read those…
Economic capital: There are three types of capital viz. Regulatory capital, Book capital and Economic capital. Regulatory capital is the amount of capital a bank is required to hold as per the stipulations prescribed by the banking regulator of the country. Book Capital is the actual capital that the bank has, which includes equity capital,…
“Delivered at Terminal’ or three letter abbreviation DAT refers to common contractual term used in international trade. The term DAT replaces earlier term ‘Delivered ex quay’. As per ‘Delivered ex quay’ term seller must deliver the goods at a wharf, and was thus applicable to goods delivered via waterways (whether inland or sea). The term…
A restructured or rescheduled account is practically a new loan replacing the older account. The purpose of restructuring of a loan is to accommodate the borrower who is in financial difficulty and unable to repay the loan as per repayment schedule. Restructuring of loans involve modification of terms and conditions of the loan usually with…
Mr.Yogesh Dayal, Chief General Manger of RBI in his press release dated Apr 20, 2019 clarified that RBI has not issued any direction on 5 days week in banks and the above information appeared in media reports is not factually correct. The reason for the above clarification on press release is necessitated because of certain…
The Taylor rule was first proposed by economist John B. Taylor in 1993 to provide guidance to the U.S. Federal Reserve* and other central banks for setting short-term interest rates based on economic conditions. John Taylor proposes how Central Banks should alter interest rates in response to changes in economic conditions mainly inflation and economic…
The potential loan losses arise to banks and financial institutions due to default of repayments from borrowers or renegotiated terms of a loan or one time settlement that incur lower than previously estimated repayments. The provision for loan loss is the money banks and financial institutions set aside to cover these potential losses on their…
In terms of notification No. FEMA 10(R)(2)/2019-RB dated February 27, 2019, the Reserve Bankof India on April 2019 advised all ategory – I Authorised Dealers and Authorised Banks that they may open interest free foreign currency accounts for reinsurance brokers. A According to the notification, re-insurance and composite insurance brokers registered with IRDA may open…
The Finance Ministry in its communication said that it has decided to keep the interest rate unchanged on small savings schemes for the three-month period beginning April 1.The announcement covers small-saving schemes such as the Post Office Saving Accounts, Post Office Time Deposits, the National Saving Certificates (NSC), the Public Provident Fund (PPF), the Kisan…
RBI on 08.04.2019 notified new minimum standard for setting up new currency chests as per recommendations of Currency Movement Committee. The Currency Movement Committee headed by Shri. D. K. Mohanty had recommended Reserve Bank that it should encourage banks to open large Currency Chests (CCs) with modern facilities and Chest Balance Limit (CBL) of at…