What are the activities of a commercial bank?
The core business of a bank is to accept deposits from the public for the purpose of lending and investment. The Section 5(b) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, provides that “banking” means the accepting, for the purpose of lending or investment, of deposits of money from the public, repayable on demand or otherwise, and…
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Banking Facility for Senior Citizens and Differently abled Persons
RBI in its circular RBI/2017-18/89 /DBR.No.Leg.BC.96/09.07.005/2017-18 dated November 9, 2017 observed that there are occasions when banks discourage or turn away senior citizens and differently abled persons from availing banking facilities in branches. In this regard, Developmental and Regulatory Policies, released by Reserve Bank of India on October 4, 2017 state that notwithstanding the need…
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What is Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) ?
Updated 05.01.2021: LEI is a 20-digit unique code to identify parties to financial transactions worldwide. Following the global financial crisis, the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) code is conceived at the initiative of the ‘Group of 20, financial stability Board’. In the US and Europe, the regulations require the use of LEIs to uniquely identify counterparties…
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How to calculate Discount rate/discount factor?
Discount rates, also known as discount factors, refer to the interest rate used in discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis to determine the present value of future cash flows. Another meaning of the term “discount rate” is the rate used by pension plans and insurance companies for discounting their liabilities. Third system of calculating discount rate…
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What is the MUDRA loan?
MUDRA stands acronym for Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency Ltd. It is an institution of Government of India set up for development and refinancing activities relating to non-corporate micro-units. At present MUDRA is set up as a subsidiary of SIDBI, pending statutory enactment by the Government. Traditionally commercial banks and financial institutions in India…
What is the difference between IFRS and US-GAAP transfer pricing?
Companies across the world, while reporting the financial statement abide by the specific accounting regulations of their country of business. For example, companies that have business activities in India have to adopt the Indian Accounting Standard (abbreviated as Ind-AS) while reporting the financial statement, similarly, the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)’ of the US are…
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