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A banker's acceptance is an instrument that represents a bank's commitment to make a requested future payment. The request will typically specify the payee, the amount, and the date on which it is eligible for payment. After acceptance, the request becomes an unconditional liability of the bank. Banker's acceptances are distinguished from ...
A banker's draft (also called a bank cheque, bank draft in Canada or, in the US, a teller's check) is a cheque (or check) provided to a customer of a bank or acquired from a bank for remittance purposes, that is drawn by the bank, and drawn on another bank or payable through or at a bank. [1] In Canada, the term "bank draft" includes both this ...
A confirming bank is a bank other than the issuing bank that adds its confirmation to credit upon the issuing bank's authorization or request thus providing more security to the beneficiary. A complying presentation is a set of documents that meet with the requirements of the letter of credit and all of the rules relating to letters of credit.
The money market is a component of the economy that provides short-term funds. The money market deals in short-term loans, generally for a period of a year or less. As short-term securities became a commodity, the money market became a component of the financial market for assets involved in short-term borrowing, lending, buying and selling with original maturities of one year or less.
A cashier's check (or cashier's cheque, cashier's order, official check; in Canada, the term bank draft is used, [ 1 ] not to be confused with Banker's draft as used in the United States) is a check guaranteed by a bank, drawn on the bank's own funds and signed by a bank employee. [ 2 ] Cashier's checks are treated as guaranteed funds because ...
A negotiable instrument is a document guaranteeing the payment of a specific amount of money, either on demand, or at a set time, whose payer is usually named on the document. More specifically, it is a document contemplated by or consisting of a contract, which promises the payment of money without condition, which may be paid either on demand ...
A mortgage banker is a person or entity that originates, or initiates, home loans, and typically provides the funding for them. The home loan banker could be an individual or a large company, but ...
Know your customer's customer (KYCC) KYCC or know your customer's customer is a process that identifies a customer's customer activities and nature. This includes the identification of the customer's customers and assessing the risk levels associated with their activities. [5]