Factoring is commonly identified as accounts receivable factoring, invoice factoring, and sometimes accounts receivable financing. Factoring service is a service that covers (i).Collection of bills, (ii).discounting of bills (iii).maintenance of accounts books in domestic and international trade. Factoring enables companies to sell their outstanding book debts for cash. They sell invoiced receivables at a discount…
When a company plans to raise money from the public, it needs to provide the offer document (prospectus) containing detailed information about the business and financials of the company including details about its promoters, reason for raising money, how the money will be used, risks involved with investing in the company and so on. The…
Wholesale banking is popularly known as corporate banking, also known as business banking. Wholesale banking or corporate banking refers to the aspect of banking that deals with corporate customers such as trading houses, multinational companies, exceptionally large domestic industrial and business houses, prime public sector companies etc. The above types of clientele opt for the…
The major difference between wholesale banking and retail banking is in the type of clientele. Retail banking, also known as consumer banking, refers to the offering of banking services to individuals and lower-tier businesses. Services offered in retail banking related both on deposits as well as loans and advances. Deposit products avail retail customers are…
The Co-operative Banks in India are primarily registered as cooperative societies under the provisions of either the State Cooperative Societies Act of the State concerned or the Multi State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 if the area of operation of the bank extends beyond the boundaries of one state. The banking related functions of Urban Co-operative…
The National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was initially promoted by the Reserve Bank of India in 1982 under the National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development Act 1981. By its establishment, NABARD substituted the Agricultural Credit Department (ACD) and Rural Planning and Credit Cell (RPCC) of the Reserve Bank of India, and…
Debentures are issued by corporates including NBFCs to raise resources for their upcoming expenses or their business expansions. In other words, debentures are unsecured loans taken by companies from the public (other than accepting deposits) by issuing instruments of debt, acknowledging money lent, and guaranteeing repayment with interest. The investors subscribe to debentures only based…
Every commercial bank in India borrow funds from other banks to cover a sudden shortfall in cash on a particular day in the following circumstances. to tide down the temporary requirements of funds due to liquid asset-liability mismatch to meet the mandatory requirement of CRR&SLR or to meet the demand for funds arising out of…
The money market instrument is a marketplace for trading in short-term debt investments considered low-risk investments with high safety. It is primarily used by governments and corporations to keep their cash flow steady, and for investors to make a modest profit. The money market ensures a balance between the demand for short-term funds and their…
Most of you are aware of repurchase options (REPOS) a temporary Liquidity Adjustment Facility (Temporary need by RBI to Indian banks. Repo transactions, transactions also taking place between RBI and primary dealers, banks to banks, banks to other counterparties, primary dealers to primary dealers and primary dealers to other counterparties. In the money market, internationally…