ROLE OF COMMERCIAL BANK

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ROLE OF COMMERCIAL BANK

• Presentation By CA R.C. Bajpai

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Functioning of Commercial Bank

• The commercial Banks in India play a major role
  in the development of the country itself. These
  banks are primarily concerned with providing
  loans and accepting deposits and are regulated by
  Reserve Bank Of India (RBI).
• Understanding the function, controls over the
  Functioning of the Commercial Bank is of immense
  importance to you, aspirants. This knowledge
  shall have manifold usefulness through out the
  training period as well as after becoming a
  Chartered Accountant. And whether you choose to
  be in practice or in Service the need to know
  about Commercial Banks can not be over emphasized.

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Controlling Authority

• These banks work as per the parameter set by the
  regulating body. They are also bound to keep a
  certain amount in the Reserve Bank. This is known
  as CRR Cash Reserve Ratio.
• The lending capacity of the commercial banks in
  India are also related to this Cash Reserve Ratio
  because whenever it is raised by the Reserve Bank
  of India, the loan providing capacity of
  commercial banks decreases. On the other hand,
  the Reserve Bank of India also decides on the
  amount of asset that the commercial banks in
  India can keep in their direct possession.
  Again, the Reserve Bank of India determines the
  interest rates that the commercial banks can
  impose on the loan products. At the same time,
  these rates are also related to the interest
  rates that the commercial banks offer for the
  deposits.

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Latest Bank Lending Rates
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The main Commercial Bank of India are

• Allahabad Bank Andhra Bank Canara Bank
  Bank of India State Bank of India Union Bank
  of India United Bank of India UCO Bank
  Indian Overseas Bank Corporation Bank
  Oriental Bank of Commerce Bank of Baroda
  Syndicate Bank Dena Bank Punjab National
  Bank Vijaya Bank Axis Bank HDFC Bank Bank
  of Rajasthan Central Bank Of India

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Legal Regulations

• RBI Act (1934)
• Banking Regulation Act (1949)
• Prevention of Money Laundering Act (2002)
• IT Act (2000).

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Objective of this session

• After studying this lesson, you will be able to -
• Describe the various functions of commercial
  banks
• Differentiate between primary and secondary
  functions of Commercial banks
• Classify and discuss the primary functions of
  modern commercial banks
• Enumerate the various modes of acceptance of
  deposits
• Identify various methods of granting loans
• Describe agency and general utility services of
  modern commercial Banks.

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Functions

• The functions of a commercial banks are
  divided into two categories
• i) Primary functions, and
• ii) Secondary functions including agency
  functions.

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I. Primary Functions

• The primary functions of a commercial bank
  include
• a) accepting deposits
• b) granting loans and advances

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a) Accepting deposits

• The most important activity of a commercial
  bank is to mobilise deposits from the public.
  People who have surplus income and savings find
  it convenient to deposit the amounts with banks.
• Depending upon the nature of deposits, funds
  deposited with
• bank also earn interest. Thus, deposits with
  the bank grow along with the interest earned. If
  the rate of interest is higher, public are
  motivated to deposit more funds with the bank.
  There is also safety of funds deposited with the
  bank.

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b) Grant of loans and advances

• The second important function of a commercial
  bank is to grant
• loans and advances. Such loans and advances are
  given to
• members of the public and to the business
  community at a higher rate of interest than
  allowed by banks on various deposit accounts.
• The rate of interest charged on loans and
  advances varies
• depending upon the purpose, period and the mode
  of repayment.
• The difference between the rate of interest
  allowed on deposits
• and the rate charged on the Loans is the main
  source of a banks income.

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i) Loans

• A loan is granted for a specific time period.
  Generally,
• Commercial banks grant short-term loans. But
  term loans,
• that is, loan for more than a year, may also be
  granted.
• The borrower may withdraw the entire amount in
  lump sum
• or in installments. However, interest is charged
  on the full
• amount of loan. Loans are generally granted
  against the
• Security of certain assets. A loan may be repaid
  either in
• Lump sum or in installments.

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ii) Advances

• An advance is a credit facility provided by the
  bank to its
• customers. It differs from loan in the sense
  that loans may
• be granted for longer period, but advances are
  normally
• granted for a short period of time. Further the
  purpose of
• granting advances is to meet the day to day
  requirements
• of business. The rate of interest charged on
  advances varies
• from bank to bank. Interest is charged only on
  the amount
• withdrawn and not on the sanctioned amount.
• Modes of short-term financial assistance
• Banks grant short-term financial assistance by
  way of cash credit,
• overdraft and bill discounting.

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a) Cash Credit

• Cash credit is an arrangement whereby the bank
  allows the
• borrower to draw amounts upto a specified limit.
  The amount is
• credited to the account of the customer. The
  customer can
• withdraw this amount as and when he requires.
  Interest is charged on the amount actually
  withdrawn. Cash Credit is granted as per agreed
  terms and conditions with the customers.

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b) Overdraft

• Overdraft is also a credit facility granted by
  bank. A customer
• who has a current account with the bank is
  allowed to withdraw
• more than the amount of credit balance in his
  account. It is a
• temporary arrangement. Overdraft facility with a
  specified limit
• is allowed either on the security of assets, or
  on personal security,or both.
• A business overdraft is an ideal source of
  temporary funding when business expenses are
  unpredictable. Take a look on the benefits of
  business overdraft facilities
• Convenient, flexible working capital finance
• Matched to your specific borrowing requirement
• Easy to administer
• Minimize cost

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c) Discounting of Bills

• Banks provide short-term finance by discounting
  bills, that is,
• making payment of the amount before the due date
  of the bills
• after deducting a certain rate of discount. The
  party gets the
• funds without waiting for the date of maturity of
  the bills. In
• case any bill is dishonoured on the due date, the
  bank can recover
• the amount from the customer.

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Managing Trade Risk

• In an exporting or importing transaction there
  are a range of risks that need to be considered
  before entering into contract of sale with
  another party. These issues can be costly and
  time consuming. The commercial banks provide
  following advisory services in this respect
• Trade Credits (Buyers Credit, Suppliers
  Credit)
• Letter of Credit Confirmations.
• Bills (Collection and discounting)
• Trade risk instruments

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ii) Secondary functions

• Besides the primary functions of accepting
  deposits and lending money, banks perform a
  number of other functions which are called
  secondary functions. These are as follows
• a) Issuing letters of credit, travellers cheques,
  circular notes etc.
• b) Undertaking safe custody of valuables,
  important documents, and
• securities by providing safe deposit vaults
  or lockers
• c) Providing customers with facilities of foreign
  exchange.
• d) Transferring money from one place to another
  and from one
• branch to another branch of the bank.
• e) Standing guarantee on behalf of its customers,
  for making
• payments for purchase of goods, machinery,
  vehicles etc.
• f) Collecting and supplying business information
• g) Issuing demand drafts and pay orders and,
• h) Providing reports on the credit worthiness of
  customers.

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TEST Your Knowledge

• Questions True or False
• (i) Accepting deposits is an essential function
  of a modern
• commercial bank.
• (ii) Granting loan to the borrowers is not the
  main function of a
• bank.
• (iii) Ancillary services are also known as
  supplementary functions of
• a commercial bank.
• (iv) General utility services are called
  non-banking services.
• (v) Services rendered by banks to the general
  public constitute the
• main function of banks.
• (vi) Bank charges some amount for the services
  rendered.
• (vii) Bank cannot buy and sell shares and
  debentures on behalf of
• customers.
• (viii) Bank stands guarantee against loan raised
  by its customers from
• other financial institutions.
• ix) Safe deposit vaults are made available by
  bank only to fixed
• deposit account holders.
• (x) Banks generally grant long-term loans to
  industries.

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