Bank draft

Similar financial terms

Bankrupt
This occurs when someone is unable to pay their debts and creditors move to secure what monies they can from any existing assets (property) held by that person. All property is then administered by the official receiver. A bankrupt - if still able to work - will only receive an allowance to live on after payments are made to creditors

European Central Bank (ECB)
The Central Bank for the new European Monetary Union.

Agency bank
A form of organization commonly used by foreign banks to enter the U.S. market. An agency bank cannot accept deposits or extend loans in its own name; it acts as agent for the parent bank.

World Bank
A multilateral development finance agency created by the 1944 Bretton Woods, New Hampshire negotiations. It makes loans to developing countries for social overhead capital projects, which are guaranteed by the recipient country.

Wholesale mortgage banking
The purchasing of loans originated by others, with the servicing rights released to the purchaser.

Prepackaged bankruptcy
A bankruptcy in which a debtor and its creditors pre-negotiate a plan or reorganization and then file it along with the bankruptcy petition.

PIBOR (Paris Interbank Offer Rate)
The deposit rate on interbank transactions in the Eurocurrency market quoted in Paris.

Money center banks
Banks that raise most of their funds from the domestic and international money markets , relying less on depositors for funds.

Merchant bank
A British term for a bank that specializes not in lending out its own funds, but in providing various financial services such as accepting bills arising out of trade, underwriting new issues, and providing advice on acquisitions, mergers, foreign exchange, portfolio management, etc.

Legal bankruptcy
A legal proceeding for liquidating or reorganizing a business.

Bank anticipation notes (BAN)
Notes issued by states and municipalities to obtain interim financing for projects that will eventually be funded long term through the sale of a bond issue.

Bank discount basis
A convention used for quoting bids and offers for treasury bills in terms of annualized yield , based on a 360-day year.

Bank line
Line of credit granted by a bank to a customer.

Bank wire
A computer message system linking major banks. It is used not for effecting payments, but as a mechanism to advise the receiving bank of some action that has occurred, e.g. the payment by a customer of funds into that bank's account.

Banker's acceptance
A short-term credit investment created by a non-financial firm and guaranteed by a bank as to payment. Acceptances are traded at discounts from face value in the secondary market. These instruments have been a popular investment for money market funds. They are commonly used in international transactions.

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
An international bank headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, which serves as a forum for monetary cooperation among several European central banks, the Bank of Japan, and the U.S. Federal Reserve System. Founded in 1930 to handle the German payment of World War I reparations, it now monitors and collects data on international banking activity and promulgates rules concerning international bank regulation.

Bankruptcy
State of being unable to pay debts. Thus, the ownership of the firm's assets is transferred from the stockholders to the bondholders.

Bankruptcy cost view
The argument that expected indirect and direct bankruptcy costs offset the other benefits from leverage so that the optimal amount of leverage is less than 100% debt finaning.

Bankruptcy risk
The risk that a firm will be unable to meet its debt obligations. Also referred to as default or insolvency risk.

Bankruptcy view
The argument that expected bankruptcy costs preclude firms from being financed entirely with debt.

Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS)
An international wire transfer system for high-value payments operated by a group of major banks.

Consortium banks
A merchant banking subsidiary set up by several banks that may or may not be of the same nationality. Consortium banks are common in the Euromarket and are active in loan syndication.

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
A committee that meets under the auspices of the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland to set bank regulatory standards.

Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932
Law that created the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and a network of regional home loan banks.

Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB)
The FHLBB is an agency responsible for regulating and controlling savings and loan institutions, superseded by FIRREA in 1989.

Joint stock bank
A joint stock bank is one operated by a joint stock or limited company. It is therefore a bank with limited liability. This is in contrast to a private bank which may be owned by a family or individual. All commercial banks in the United Kingdom are joint stock banks.

International Financial and Banking Centre (IFC)
A country identified as being a tax haven.

Trade draft
A draft addressed to a commercial enterprise.

Time draft
Demand for payment at a stated future date.

Sight draft
Demand for immediate payment.

Payable through drafts
A method of making payment that is used to maintain control over payments made on behalf of the firm by personnel in noncentral locations. The payer's bank delivers the payable through draft to the payer, which must approve it and return it to the bank before payment can be received.

Commercial draft
Demand for payment.