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Commercial Banking Class Notes Final
Commercial Banking Class Notes Final
C- Capital Adequacy A- Asset Quality (Quality of Loans & Investments) M- Management Quality E-
Earnings L- Liquidity S- Sensitivity to Market risk
Buy when others are fearful – Sell when others are greedy
FCNR (Foreign Currency Non Resident Deposits) Swaps with RBI- Raghuram Rajan’s tenure
Foreign Exchange: Scheduled Banks Eg. SBI, HSBC- Authorized Dealers category 1- Both Current account
and Capital Account transactions
Current Account—Remittances- Inward & Outward+ Exports & Imports- Merchandise Goods and
Intangible Services + Tourism+ Transfer payments/incomes- Interest and dividends to and from foreign
countries
Lending rates:
1.Cost of Capital/ Borrowings: From other bank Eg- Loans, {Call Money-Unsecured borrowing and
lending between scheduled banks overnight| Notice Money: 2-14 days, Term Money: 15 days up to 1
year, in Term money SLR has to be provided for, For Call and Notice Money CRR & SLR requirement not
there}, Bond coupon payments, Certificate of Deposits, borrowings from RBI eg Repo, MSF, Bank Rate/
Deposit Interest payable (Demand deposit-SA & Time/ term Deposit- FD & RD etc)
+ 2.Operational Cost + 3.Administration Cost + 4.Negative Carry Eg.CRR (RBI does not give interest on
CRR while bank pays interest on the portion of deposit held by RBI)
1,2,3,4- Base rate (Min rate below which a bank cannot lend)
RLLR- Repo Linked Lending Rates / MCLR- Marginal Cost of Funds based lending rate
ABOVE IS RBI CURRENCY INTERVENTIONS USING SWAPS DURING RAGHURAM RAJAN’S TENURE
B2B: Corporate banking Products- Term Loan, Working Capital- Cash Credit/ Over draft, Bill
Discounting, Factoring, Pre shipment and Post shipment finance
3. Fee Based Income: Debit card fees, Credit card annual maintenance fees, Locker charges, Drafts,
Transfers.
BIG MONEY: Retail Banking- Third Party distribution commission- Wealth
Management products- Insurance, Mutual funds, PMS
Corporate Banking- Letter of Credit, Bank Guarantees
4. Investment Income ( Treasury)- 40% NW invested in capital market exposure- 20% Direct
(Government sec, Treasury bills, CP, Certificate of Deposits, Listed and Unlisted VC funds,
Mutual Funds )& 20% Indirect ( Loan against shares, Guarantees and loans to stock brokers etc)
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Extra Reads: The Asian financial crisis was a period of financial crisis that gripped much of East Asia and Southeast
Asia beginning in July 1997
RBI Functions
Inflation- Cost push inflation, Demand pull inflation, Stagflation-Stagnating economy + Cost push
inflation, Recession- Keynesian Liquidity trap
Seigniorage – diff between the face value of the currency and the cost
Fischers rule= MV=PQ (Money Supply, Velocity of circulation of money, Price, Quantity)
TREPS- Tri partity Repo
Foreign banks< 20 branches- 32% of Net bank Credit to Priority sectors (No subsections)
Incase they cannot achieve the target- park the deficit in SIDBI
Eg. Farmers loan- given at 7 % by the bank & 2 percent subsidy is given to the bank by the
government. If farmer repays on time interest rate subvention of another 3% subsidized by the
govt. (Effective receivable for the bank- 9% / effective payable for the timely farmer-4%
Clearing and Settlement: Cheque Truncated System: Inward Clearing- Download from the server
cheques /drafts issued by your branch deposited in other bank banks- payment to be made & Outward
clearing- Upload to server cheques/drafts deposited in your branch issued by other bank branches (To
be received from other banks)
Loans and Credit Process
CIBIL score: 300 – 900 (score between 750 -900 your rating is good)
Loans: HML-Home Loan (LTV 80%/ for affordable housing <=30 lacs LTV 90%), Education Loans, PIL-
Personal Loans, Car Loans (new cars as high as 90%, used cars approx 75%), LAP- Loan Against
Property(LTV-60%-65-70%-Banks also keep an upper cap on the maximum LAP amount/ tenure also is
shorter approx 15 years), LACP-Loan against Commercial Prop, LAS- Loan Against shares (approx LTV
50%-65%, LAG-Loan against Gold (for Banks due to covid RBI increased ltv to 90%, however bank’s
prefer 75%), LAD- Loan against Deposits (LTV 90%- Bank’s usually charge 2% more than the FD rate,
Balance Transfer, Top up, Home Improvement loans
SARFAESI Act 2002- Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Securities
interest Act
Collateral classification
Mortgage- Immovable assets- Home loans/ Loan against Property/ Rental-Lease discounting
Assignment- Loan against insurance policy/ closed ended mutual funds, PPF
Loan is disbursed only after the borrower pays his own contribution amount first Eg Property cost is
Rs.100, bank will fund Rs.80 only after the borrower pays the builder Rs.20.
Case 1: Sanctioned amount is 80 Lacs | Agreement value+ stamp duty+ registration+ one time electricity
charges etc=84 lacs Property Value= 86 lacs : bank will fund 80% of 84 lacs= 67.2 lacs
Case 2: Sanctioned amount is 60 Lacs | Agreement value+ stamp duty+ registration+ one time electricity
charges etc=84 lacs Property Value= 86 lacs : bank will fund-whichever of the 3 is the lowest- 60 lacs
Case 3: Sanctioned amount is 1 crore | Agreement value+ stamp duty+ registration+ one time electricity
charges etc=70 lacs Property Value= 1.1 crore : Bank will fund 80% of Agreement value etc OR property
value whichever is lower: 80% of 70 lacs= 56 lacs (case of undervaluing property on paper-discussed in
class)
Case 4: Sanctioned amount is 1 crore | Agreement value+ stamp duty+ registration+ one time electricity
charges etc=1 Crore Property Value= 70 lacs : Bank will fund 80% of Agreement value etc OR property
value whichever is lower: 80% of 70 lacs=56 lacs ((case of overvaluing property on paper-discussed in
class)
If you are negotiating and reducing interest rates or making pre payment- KEEP EMI the SAME and
reduce tenure of loan
Home loan
loan amount 5000000
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Money Laundering- Converting illegitimate unaccountable black money into Legitimate accountable
white money: process:
Read- Asset Reconstruction companies, Vulture Funds, CDR- Corporate Debt Restructuring, SDR-
Strategic Debt Restructuring, S4A- Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed assets
Bad Bank
Round tripping of funds- Hawala, Swiss Banks, Tax havens, Hedge Funds- invest back into India via
participatory notes (ODI- Offshore Derivative instruments)
Corporate banking
Corporate banking to done..
Infrastructure loans- Asset liability mismatch- IIFCL- Take out financing (Infra loans are for very long
durations while deposits are maturing within 2,3,5 years)
Using the current account money (0 interest paid) for CRR (0 interest received) and FD money for SLR
(Government bonds bring in interest income)
Asset liability mismatch: Asset- Loan: floating rate receivable & Liability- Fixed Deposit, Bonds &
Debentures issued- Fixed rate payable | When interest rates start decreasing floating rate receivable
decrease/ margins fall/ FD payable is still as per the earlier higher rate fixed
Investment income & Cash management- investing and parking surplus funds for income (Please refer
to Treasury Notes for details-Managing MTM losses on Government securities and investments)
Asset Reconstruction companies- Security Receipts , Asset Management Companies, Bad Banks ,
Vulture funds, Presently even Hedge funds are scouting for Distressed assets at a discount, turning
them around and making big profits
CDR- Corporate Debt Restructuring, SDR-Strategic Debt Restructuring, S4A- Scheme for Sustainable
Structuring of Stressed Assets
Read about Perpetual Tier 1 bonds with Call options in built/contingent convertibles
CAR
CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO: CAR- 9% | ALSO KNOWN CRAR- Capital to Risk Weighted Asset ratio
CAR: 9%= Capital: Tier 1(7%) & Tier 2 (2%)/ Risk Weighted Exposure of Assets-Loans & Investments
NUMERATOR: Tier 1- Paid Up Capital+ Retained Earnings + 45% of Revaluation Reserves (Valuation of
physical assets, property etc) + Statutory Reserves (25% of bank’s profit needs to be transferred here)
+ Perpetual Tier 1 bonds (AT1-Additional tier 1 bonds/ Usually Callable after 5 years, may also be
Cocos- Contingent Convertibles)+ Perpetual Non Cumulative Preference shares
Tier 2- 55% of Revaluation Reserves + Bonds+ Non Convertible Debentures + Preference Shares +
Subordinate Debt (weak unsecured debt) + General Bad Debt & Loss Provisions + Undisclosed reserves
+ Investment Fluctuation Reserves (Min 5% upto 10% of the Mark to market investment portfolio:
anything above 10% may be transferred to statutory reserves)
Investing in Bonds issued by other scheduled banks or guaranteed by other scheduled bank-RWE=20%
Invested in another banks bonds of 50 cr what is the CAR= 9%* (20% of 50 cr)= INR 90000
Bank provides home loans <=30 Lacs- RWE=50% | Eg.loan is of 30 lacs, CAR= 9% * (50% of 30
lacs)=1.35 lacs (Ans)
Other loans/ Investment in Liquid Funds, debt securities: RWE=100% | Car Loan of 10 lacs, CAR= 9%
of 10 lacs= 90000
Loans to Capital market entities, stockbrokers, direct investment in equity, Equity MF: RWE=125%
Investment in Venture Funds- RWE=150% : Bank invested 120 cr in a VC Fund: CAR= 9% *(1.5 of 120
cr)= 16.2 cr (Ans)
INCOME RECOGNITION | ASSET CLASSIFICATION | PROVISIONING
If Principle or Interest Not received by the bank on loans for up to 30 days it is categorized as
SMA(Special mention Account) Cat 0
If Principle or Interest Not received by the bank on loans for 31 days till 60 days it is categorized as
SMA(Special mention Account) Cat 1
If Principle or Interest Not received by the bank on loans for 61 days till 90 days it is categorized as
SMA(Special mention Account) Cat 2
If Principle or Interest Not received by the bank on loans for 90 days it is categorized as NPA (Non
Performing Assets)
Eg.1. Loan amount is 150 crores: Substandard asset , Collateral value is 110 cr. What is the provisioning
requirement: 15% *110 cr + 25% * 40 cr= 26.5 crore
Eg.2. loan amount 110 cr, Collateral value is 60 Cr, it is classified as Doubtful Assets category 2, what is
the provisioning requirement: 40%*60 cr+ 100% *50 cr= 74 cr
Liquidity coverage ratio- Minimum 1 month of liquidity has to be parked in liquid assets to run the bank
incase of emergencies
Dodd Frank Act, Glass Steagel act, Paul Volker Rule, Vicker rule, Gramm Leach Biley act