The appearance of a smart card is akin to a credit card in size and shape. It is a plastic card embedded with microprocessor chip or memory chip. The microprocessor embedded under a gold contact pad on one side of the card can be compared to minicomputer. When the chip is processed by a chip…
Online submission of applications for loans under PMEGP is mandatory and no manual applications are allowed w.e.f. 01.05.2016. Individual loan applicants may submit PMEGP loan application to Khadi & Village Industries Commission under PMEGP scheme at following URL. https://www.kviconline.gov.in/pmegpeportal/jsp/pmegponline.jsp The non-individual entities such as Self Help Groups (registration of the SHGs not compulsory), Trust, Under…
Q: Is there any upper limit for loans against security of NRI’s term deposits like FCNR/NRE? Ans.: Except usual margin requirement, no upper ceiling is prescribed for loans to NRIs or third parties in India against security of FCNR/NRE deposits. However, the loan shall be for the purpose other than the investments specified in FEMA…
A Power of attorney (POA) is a written instruction by which one person is empowered to act on behalf of another. That is to say, to do any lawful act or series of lawful acts on behalf of the principal person by his agent. The Power of Attorney can be made in two types, special…
The mandate and power attorney are the rights cast upon a third person to act on behalf of the principal person/s. The rights of mandate and power of attorney holders are very similar in the operation of bank accounts but they are issued for different reasons and purposes. A mandate, is a simple letter of authority,…
Credit monitoring strategies in a bank taking place in two stages namely pre-sanction stage and post sanction stage of loans and advances. Pre-sanction process involves identification of borrower, the purpose of the loan, quantum of loan, period of loan, source of repayment, security for advance, profitability, pre-sanction unit inspection, appraisal of credit proposal, and sanctioning…
LIBOR is the acronym for London Interbank Offered Rate. The ‘LIBOR’ serves as the key benchmark rate in calculating interest rates on various loans across the world. Each morning before 11 a.m. (GMT), the sets of major banks that have a significant presence in the London market are asked the rate at which they could…
MIBOR stands acronym for ‘Mumbai Inter- bank Outright Rate’, the benchmark of the Indian call money market. It is the rate at which banks borrow unsecured funds from one another in the inter bank market. The bid rate on how much interest banks would pay to borrow money on a short-term basis from other institutions…
A strategic alliance is an agreement between two or more independent organizations that agree to share resources to undertake a specific, mutually beneficial objective. The strategic alliance is akin to partnership project, the relation fall short of legally banded partnership. The agreement may be formal or informal in nature, but each party’s responsibilities must be…
A depository receipt or depositary receipt (DR) is a negotiable financial instrument that represents a foreign company’s (issuing company which is incorporated outside India) publicly traded debt or equity in domestic exchanges. The depository receipts (DRs) which are created by a Domestic Depository bank against the underlying equity shares of the issuing company are termed…