RBI relaxes end use restrictions on ECB
As per existing External Commercial Borrowings policy norms, ECB proceeds could not be utilized by the borrowers for the following purposes. (i) Working capital purposes, (ii) General corporate purposes, (iii)Repayment of Rupee loans except when the ECB is availed from foreign equity holder for a minimum average maturity period of 5 years.(iv) On-lending for above…
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What are BPLR, Base Rate, MCLR, and Repo-linked lending rate(RLLR)?
Banks & Financial Institutions are generally free to determine the lending rates on loans and advances. The method to arrive at Lending Rate has changed drastically over the last decade. The Lending Rate like BPLR, Base Rate, and MCLR internal benchmark rates are used by individual banks to determine the interest rates on their credits.…
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Resolution of Stressed Assets: Latest framework
In the light of Hon’ble Supreme Court order dated April 2, 2019, which held the RBI circular dated February 12, 2018 on Resolution of Stressed Assets as ultra vires, the Reserve Bank of India on Friday (June 7, 2019) released fresh guidelines to deal with bad loans. The new directions shall be called the ‘Reserve…
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Understanding method of Stock audit?
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…
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What is restructuring of loan?
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…
Loan provisioning process explained with examples
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…
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