Running head: Credit Agricole and BP Credit Agricole PARIS (AFP) – French bank Credit Agricole‚ one of the biggest European banks by capitalisation‚ reported a doubling of net profit to 1.0 billion euros ($1.42 billion) in the first quarter‚ on Friday. The price of shares in the bank showed a gain of 1.40 percent to 11.23 euros in a market up 0.57 percent overall. The outcome‚ marking an increase of 112 percent from the result 12 months ago‚ was in line with average estimates of analysts as
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Rural Credit in 20th Century India An Overview of History and Perspectives Mihir Shah‚ Rangu Rao and P.S. Vijay Shankar This brief overview of rural credit in 20th century India finds a remarkable continuity in the problems faced by the poor throughout this period. These include dependence on usurious moneylenders and the operation of a deeply exploitative grid of interlocked‚ imperfect markets. We articulate the theoretical and historical case for nationalisation of banks and provide evidence
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Debits & Credits In each and every accounting transaction‚ there are at least two elements (accounts) involved. These accounts are either debited or credited‚ with the amount that is reflected in the transaction‚ depending on the nature of the account (Real/Personal/Nominal) and the rule applicable to it. Golden universal rules of Debits & Credits Accounting elements are categorized into three groups; Real - examples are cash‚ equipment‚ furniture etc. Personal - Proprietor’s Capital
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY * INTRODUCTION: Credit appraisal means investigation/assessment done by the bank before providing any loans and advances/project finance and also checks the commercial‚ financial &industrial viability of the project proposed its funding pattern and further checks the primary & collateral security cover available for recovery of such funds. CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO BANKING SECTOR A snapshot of the banking industry The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)‚ as the
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Chapter-1 Introduction Definition of banks In India‚ the definition of the business of banking has been given in the Banking Regulation Act‚ (BR Act)‚ 1949. According to Section 5(c) of the BR Act‚ ’a banking company is a company which transacts the business of banking in India.’ Further‚ Section 5(b) of the BR Act defines banking as‚ ’accepting‚ for the purpose of lending or investment‚ of deposits of money from the public‚ repayable on demand or otherwise‚ and withdrawal‚ by cheque‚ draft
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money‚ credit also came into existence. Credit is created when one party (it can be person‚ group of people‚ firm or an institution) lends money to another party‚ the borrowers. The act of borrowing creates both credit and debit. Debt means the obligation to pay the finance borrowed and credit means the claim to receive this money payment from the other party. Every credit involves debt‚ that is obligation to pay money and therefore creates claim. 1.1 Definition of important terms 1.1.1 Credit is generally
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What is credit policy ? Credit is temporary capital and the objective of credit is to lend with the purpose of increasing profits and sales. A sound credit policy in business is the blue print to managing by measurement and benchmark The question then arises is ’What is a Credit Policy and how does one write a Credit Policy for their specific nature of business operations? Writing an effective Credit Policy begins with an understanding of the financial exposure that you or your business can
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Credit note From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Finance Financial markets[show] Financial instruments[show] Corporate finance[show] Personal finance[show] Public finance[show] Banks and banking[show] Financial regulation[show] Standards[show] Economic history[show] v t e A credit note or credit memorandum (memo) is a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer. The seller usually issues a credit memo for the same or lower amount than the invoice‚ and then repays the money to the buyer or
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CHAPTER –6 Credit creation by commercial Bank Demand deposits as money Bank deposits are two types. 1. Demand Deposit 2. Time deposit The demand deposits on which cheques are issued are also called as cash deposits or current deposits. D.D are therefore‚ almost as good as cash money the depositor can convert a part or the whole of the current account in currency notes at any time. According to T.T Sethi “A demand deposit is the obligation of a bank to pay a certain sum of money to a specified
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..................................................... 1.0 Impacts Of Credit Crunch On U.S........................................ 1.1 Impact on U.S Economy...................................................... 1.2 Impact on Interest Rates...................................................... 1.3 Impact on Banking Sector.................................................... 1.4 Impact on Mortgages and Credit Lending Agencies............ 1.5 Impact on GDP......................
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