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Banking Terminology

Assets and Liabilities

Demand Liabilities
They are liabilities which are payable on demand. For example: Current Deposits,
Savings bank deposits, Balances in overdue fixed deposits, Outstanding TTs, MTs, DDs,
Unclaimed deposits etc.

Time Liabilities
They are liabilities which are payable other than on demand. For example: Fixed
deposits, cash certificates, cumulative and recurring deposits, time liabilities portion of
savings bank deposits, staff security deposits etc.

Non-performing Asset
An asset, including a leased asset, becomes non performing when it ceases to generate
income for the bank. A loan on which instalment has been due for a specified period is a
non-performing asset.

Funds Transfer

National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT)


It is a nation-wide payment system facilitating one-to-one funds transfer. Under this
Scheme, individuals can electronically transfer funds from any bank branch to any
individual having an account with any other bank branch in the country participating in
the Scheme.

There is no limit – either minimum or maximum – on the amount of funds that can be
transferred using NEFT. However, maximum amount per transaction is limited to
Rs.50,000/- for cash-based remittances and remittances to Nepal.

Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)


It is a continuous (real-time) settlement of funds transfers individually on an order
order basis. While the funds under NEFT are transferred in batches, funds under RTGS
are settled without netting. ‘Real Time’ means the processing of instructions at the time

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they are received rather than at some later time; ‘Gross Settlement’ means the
settlement of funds transfer instructions occurs individually (on an instruction
instruction basis).

The minimum amount to be remitted through RTGS is Rs. 2 lakh. There is no upper
ceiling for RTGS transactions.

IMPS (Immediate Payment service)

A customer can instantly transfer rupee funds to anybody anywhere anytime. Per
transaction limit for IMPS using account number is 2 lakh.

Instruments

Cheque
A “cheque” is a bill of exchange drawn on a specified banker and not expressed to be
payable otherwise than on demand. (Section 6 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881).
The maker of a cheque is called the ‘drawer’, and the person directed to pay is the
‘drawee’. The person named in the instrument, to whom or to whose order the money is,
the instrument directed, to be paid, is called the ‘payee’.

Ante Dated Cheque: Cheques which have been written the maker, and dated
at some point in the past.
Bounced Cheque: Check that cannot be processed because the writer has
insufficient funds.
Crossed Cheque: These cheques can only be deposited directly into a bank
account and cannot be immediately cashed a bank or any other credit institution.
Post Dated Cheque: Cheque that is written the drawer (payer) for a date in
the future.
Stale Cheque: A cheque which a bank will not accept and exchange for money
or payment because it was written more than a certain number of months ago.

Cheque Truncation System


In the normal process of cheque clearance, a cheque is physically delivered the
presenting bank to the drawee bank through a clearing house. In the Cheque Truncation
System, the movement of the physical cheque is stopped and in its place an electronic
image of the cheque is transmitted to the drawee branch through the clearing house,
along with relevant information like data on the MICR band, date of presentation,
presenting bank, etc. This system eliminates the cost of movement of the physical
cheques and also reduces the time required for their collection.

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Demand Draft
The Demand Draft is a pre-paid Negotiable Instrument, wherein the drawee bank
undertakes to make payment in full when the instrument is presented the payee for
payment. The demand draft is made payable on a specified branch of a bank at a
specified centre.

Bankers Cheque
It is similar to Demand Draft. The issuing bank undertakes to make the payment in full
when the instrument is presented the payee for payment. In practice it is used within
local clearing jurisdiction unlike demand draft which is issued for any place.

Plastic Money: It is a term used in reference to the hard plastic cards we use every day in
place of actual bank notes.
Example: Credit card, Debit Card

Banking Ombudsman: Banking Ombudsman is a quasi-judicial authority, which


functions under India’s Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2006. It was created Government of
India with a purpose to deal with the complaints of customers of the banks related to various
services rendered the banks.

Deflation: It is a decrease in the general price level of goods and services.

Inflation: It can be defined as a sustained increase in the general level of prices for goods
and services.

Commercial Bills: A bill of exchange issued a commercial organization to raise money for
short-term needs.

Commercial Papers: An unsecured, short-term debt instrument issued a corporation for


the financing of accounts receivable, inventories and meeting short-term liabilities.

Debentures: A long-term security bearing a fixed rate of interest, issued a company and
secured against assets.

Core Banking Solution (CBS): It is networking of branches, which enables Customers to


operate their accounts, and avail banking services from any branch of the Bank on CBS
network, regardless of where he maintains his account.

KYC Norms: The process of Banks verifying the identity of its clients.

Virtual Banking: Handling all transactions of banks via the Web, e-mail, mobile check
deposit and ATM machines.

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Wholesale Banking: Banking services between merchant banks and other financial
institutions.

NRE Accounts (For NRIs): A Non-Resident External Account is a bank account


particularly framed for NRIs to save their foreign income in India. NRE account is opened
in India those who live outside in India for a minimum of 180 days in the previous year.

NRO Accounts (For NRIs): Non Residency Ordinary Account is a bank account is
intended to manage the income earned in India from sources like pension, dividend, rent,
interest etc. NRO account is opened the citizen of India who temporarily shifted to a foreign
country.

Abbreviation list

1) Related to economy:-

IMT: instant money transfer

UPI: Unified Payment Interface

CBS: Core Banking solution

MIBOR: Mumbai interbank offer rate

NEFT: National Electronic Fund transfer

RTGS: Real time Gross settlement

UBI: Universal basic Income

OBOR: One belt One road

FTZ: Free trade zone

PAN: Permanent Account Number

IPO: Initial Public Offer

BIFR: Board for industrial and financial Reconstruction

ATM: Automated Teller Machine


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EPZ: Export Processing zones

FIPB: Foreign Investment Promotion Board

FSDC: Financial stability development council

KYC: Know Your customer

NPA: Non- Performing Asset

SEBI: Securities and Exchange board of india

SDR: Special drawing Rights

SIDBI: small industries development bank of India

PIN: Personal Identification Number

RRB: Regional Rural Banks

RTGS: Real time Gross settlement

SDR: Special Drawing Rights

SHG: Self help Group

KCC: Kisan Credit Card

NPA: Non Performing Assets

OMO: Open Market Operations

TDS: Tax Deduction at Source

IFSC: Indian financial system code

GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs And Trade

EMI: Equated Monthly Installment

BPL: Below Poverty Line

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2) Related to government:-

PMUY: Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

APY: Atal pension Yojana

DDUGJY: Deen dayal upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana

PMFBY: Pradhan Mantri fasal bima Yojana

PMSBY: Pradhan Mantri suraksha bima Yojana

JAM: Jan Dhan, Aadhar and Mobile

IRNSS: Indian regional navigation satellite system

NITI (Aayog): National institution for transforming India

UDAN (scheme): Ude desh ka Aam Nagrik

BPL: Below Poverty line

3) International Institution based:-

APEC: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

ADB: Asian development Bank

BIS: Bank for International settlements

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization

GATT: General Agreement on tariffs and Trade

IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency

Interpol: International Police organization

NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

OPEC: Organization of petroleum exporting countries

SAARC: South Asian Association for regional Co-operation

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UNESCO: United nations education, scientific and cultural organization

UNICEF: united nations international children’s emergency fund

WEF: World economic forum

List of Countries and their Capitals & Currencies

COUNTRY CAPITAL CURRENCY

Afghanistan Kabul Afghani

Albania Tirana Lek

Algeria Algiers Dinar

Austria Vienna Euro

Azerbaijan Baku Manat

Bahrain Manama Dinar

Bangladesh Dhaka Taka

Belgium Brussels Euro

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Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum

Croatia Zagreb Kuna

Czech Republic Zagreb koruna

Denmark Copenhagen Krone

Hungary Budapest Forint

Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah

Iran Tehran Rial

Iraq Baghdad Dinar

Ireland Dublin Euro

Italy Rome Euro

Kazakhstan Alma-Ata Tenge

Kuwait Kuwait City Dinar

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som

Lia Tripoli Dinar

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Malta Valletta Euro

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit

Maldives Male Rufiyaa

Poland Warsaw Zloty

Portugal Lisbon Euro

Qatar Doha Riyal

Romania Bucharest Leu

Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal

Senegal Dakar CFA Frank

Sierra Leone Freetown Leone

Somalia Mogadishu Shilling

Spain Madrid Euro

Sweden Stockholm krona

Syria Damascus Pound

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Tajikistan Dushanbe Rouble

Turkey Ankara Lira

Turkmenistan Ashkhabad Manat

Uganda Kampala Uganda Shilling

United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Dirham

ATMs

An automated teller machine (ATM) is an electronic telecommunications device that


enables customers of financial institutions to perform financial transactions, such as cash
withdrawals, deposits, funds transfers, or account information inquiries, at any time and
without the need for direct interaction with bank staff.

The brainchild of Scottish inventor Shepherd-Barron, the first ATM (automated teller
machine) was opened on June 27, 1967 at a branch of Barclays bank in Enfield, north
London.

First bank to introduce ATM in India was HSBC in 1987, Mumbai.

Types of ATMs:

White Label ATM: The ATMs that are set up Non-Banking Financial Companies and offer
services are known as White Label ATMs.

Yellow Label ATM: for E-Commerce reasons.

Brown Label ATM: A service provider owns the hardware and lease of the machine but a
bank manages the cash and connectivity to bank network. In this case, the ATM is termed
Brown Label.

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Orange Label ATM: for share transactions.

Pink Label ATM: Meant only for Women.

Green Label ATM: for agricultural transactions.

SARFAESI Act 2002

Non-Performing Assets are loans given a Bank or financial institutions where the
borrower defaults or delays interest or principal payments.

The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Securities


Interest Act, 2002 (also known as the SARFAESI Act) is an Indian law. It allows banks
and other financial institution to auction residential or commercial properties (of Defaulter)
to recover loans.

The SARFAESI Act sanctions three processes to recover Non-Performing Assets


as follows:
Securitization
Asset reconstruction
Security Enforcement without court’s intervention

The Act employs three significant tools for asset management of financial institutions –
asset securitization, asset reconstruction and powers for security interest enforcement. The
readers should be aware of what these terms actually mean in order to understand the
SARFAESI Act.

Banks Board Bureau


BBB is an autonomous body of Union Government of India tasked to improve the
governance of Public Sector Banks, recommend selection of chiefs of government-owned
banks and financial institutions and to help banks in developing strategies and capital
raising plans.

It is situated at RBI’s Central Office in Mumbai.

In February 2016, the NDA government approved the proposal for setting up BBB and it
started functioning from April 2016.

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The BBB works as step towards governance reforms in Public Sector Banks (PSBs) as
recommended P.J. Nayak Committee.

Bhanu Pratap Sharma is the new Chairman of the Mumbai based Bureau.

The bureau was announced as part of the seven-point Indradhanush plan to revamp
public sector banks.

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