Working Capital is a financial indicator of operational liquidity of a business organization. Working Capital is the short term assets to cover the short term liabilities of the organization. Working Capital is calculated as Current Assets – Current Liabilities, also represented as Net Working Capital. The Working Capital Ratio or Read more…
Meaning of pari passu charge – Pari-passu is a Latin phrase, which means “equal footing”. Thus pari passu charge means, having equivalent charge/ rights or say charge-holders have equal rights over the asset on which pari pasu charge is created. “Pari Passu” charge means that when borrower company goes into Read more…
Letter of Credit (LC) and the ‘Standby Letter of Credit’ (SBLC) are used by Importers and Exporters in International Trade to ensure financial safety so that payment of the supplier is assured of payment once he has performed his obligation. While LC is used as a primary method of payment, Read more…
What is Diversion of Funds? Diversion of Funds means (mis)utilization of Funds for a purpose for which loan was not sanctioned. Most common example is buying immovable property out of the Cash Credit Limit, which is being sanctioned for working capital purposes. Utilisation of short-term working capital funds for Read more…
CGTMSE Scheme known as “Credit Guarantee Fund for Micro and Small Enterprises” is a guarantee fund set by Government of India to guarantee the loans provided by banks to small enterprises and medium enterprises. The objective of the fund is to enable small and medium enterprises to avail loans from banks Read more…
A letter of credit is issued (opened) bank a Bank on the request of his buyer customer in favour of seller, which is an undertaking by the bank to make payment to the seller if fulfills his obligations. The process of Letter of Credit is described in the following images and also Read more…
Credit Appraisal is a process which require sufficient knowledge and proper due diligence. Credit involves risk of default, which can not be avoided but can be minimized. So you should minimize the risk. The first step is to act early and act fast. If you do not start your due Read more…
Infrastructure and core industries projects have a long gestation periods and large capital investments. The repayment period for loans to such sectors should be corresponding to their gestation period of cash flows. However, Banks were unable to provide such long tenor financing due to asset-liability mismatch issues. Banks were restricting Read more…
Equitable mortgage is most common type of mortgage in India. But there are different types of mortgages. What is mortgage, what are other types of mortgage and how these are different is explained in this article. What is mortgage? Mortgage is defined in Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 58: A Read more…
Analysis of holding period is an important aspect while sanctioning working capital facilities in Banks. In this article, we have discussed how holding periods are calculated and analysed for stocks, receivables and creditors. Holding levels means the period of a particular current asset or current liability after which it is Read more…