IntroductionIn both business and personal finance, the need for funds often arises to meet various requirements such as working capital, large purchases, or expansion projects. Among the various funding options available, term loans remain one of the most commonly utilized instruments, offering structured financing with defined repayment schedules. Types of Term Loans Common Applications of…
In consortium lending system, two or more lenders join together to finance a single borrower. The lending banks formally join together, by way of an inter-se agreement to meet the credit needs of a borrower. Here, the sanction of limits to a borrower is completed with common appraisal, common documentation and monitoring the advance with…
Any credit facility provided to a borrower company engaged in an infrastructure facility is known as ‘infrastructure lending’. The activities such as developing, or operating, and maintaining, or developing, operating, and maintaining any infrastructure facility of the following sector are called infrastructure projects. Public sector units registered under the Companies Act may be provided infrastructure…
Deferred Payment Guarantee is a guarantee for a payment usually on installments which has been deferred or postponed. Banks issue DPG in the cases of purchase of capital goods/machinery where the seller offers credit to the buyer and buyer’s bank guarantees the due payments to the seller. Here the seller draws drafts of different maturities…
Working capital finance is vital for sustaining daily operations and ensuring a business’s financial stability. However, several operational and strategic issues can hinder its effective management. These include cash flow mismatches, suboptimal inventory control, inefficiencies in receivables and payables, and complications arising from external financing. Missteps in these areas can lead to liquidity constraints and…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has formulated a comprehensive framework to facilitate liquidity through the discounting and rediscounting of genuine trade bills. One of the key mechanisms introduced under this framework is the Bills Rediscounting Scheme (BRDS). This scheme enables banks to raise funds by issuing Usance Promissory Notes (UPNs) based on trade bills…
The Reserve Bank of India issued draft guidelines to provide a harmonised prudential framework for financing projects in Infrastructure, Non-Infrastructure, and Commercial Real Estate sectors by regulated entities (REs). In the backdrop of a review of the extant instructions and analysis of the risks inherent in such financing, the Central Bank prescribed norms for restructuring…
Introduction: Term loan is a type of loan where a fixed amount of money is borrowed from a financial institution for a specified period. These loans can be classified as short-term, medium-term, or long-term, with repayment periods typically ranging from one to twenty years. The repayment amount includes both the principal and interest, which may…
It is inevitable for banks to ascertain that bank could easily take possession of such security based on documents obtained from the borrower with very little expenses and dispose-off the same to recover its dues when the account goes bad. Banks obtain ‘Different Types of Documents‘ from the borrower based on the type of security…
Receivables financing, also referred to as bills finance, is a facility offered by banks and financial institutions that enables businesses to convert their outstanding invoices (accounts receivable) into immediate liquidity. This form of short-term funding supports effective working capital management by bridging the gap between the delivery of goods or services and the receipt of…