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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Important Terms in Banking Sector



SLR – Statutory liquidity ratio
CRR - Cash reserve ratio
Repo rate – It is the rate at which RBI lends money to Banks.
Reverse Repo Rate – It is the rate at which Banks park their funds with RBI
Bank Rate – It is the rate at which RBI lends money to Banks.
Call money rate – It is the rate of interest charged by the banks for temporary borrows among banks Ledger
Tender Money – Currency issued by RBI Optional Money – Cheques, DDs, Bankers Cheques
Plastic Money – Credit card, Debit card Credit card is ready made overdraft in e-form for buying goods and services by the card holder within specified limits and according to terms and conditions of the issuer Bank without having any account. Debit card is e-Cheque which can be used within the limits of the credit in the account associated with it for financial transactions.
Core Banking – Networking of Banks for providing any where any time Banking is called Core Banking.
Merchant Bank provides capital to firms in the form of shares rather than money.
Investment Banks tend to provide investment to firms.
Corporate Banking looks after the needs of big firms, companies, business entities.
Business Banking looks after needs of medium level business firms, entities, individuals.
Retail banking focuses to provide services to individuals.
Private banking focuses to provide services to high net worth individuals.
Lead Banking focuses on providing all type of financial services.
Narrow Banking focuses on a particular sector like Mortgage, Auto Finance etc.

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