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Banking Terms
1. Liquidity:
The ability to convert an investment into cash quickly and with little or no loss in value.
2. Listing:
Quotation of the Initial Public Offering company’s shares on the stock exchange for public trading.
3. Listing Date:
The date on which Initial Public Offering stocks are first traded on the stock exchange by the public
The ability to convert an investment into cash quickly and with little or no loss in value.
2. Listing:
Quotation of the Initial Public Offering company’s shares on the stock exchange for public trading.
3. Listing Date:
The date on which Initial Public Offering stocks are first traded on the stock exchange by the public
4. Margin Call:
A notice to a client that it must provide money to satisfy a minimum margin requirement set by an Exchange or by a bank / broking firm.
5. Market Capitalization:
The product of the number of the company’s outstanding ordinary shares and the market price of each share.
6. Market Maker:
A dealer who maintains an inventory in one or more stocks and undertakes to make continuous two-sided quotes.
7. Market Order:
An order to buy or an order to sell securities which is to be executed at the prevailing market price.
8. Money Market:
Market in which short-term securities are bought and sold.
9. Marginal Standing Facility Rate:
MSF scheme has become effective from 09th May, 2011
launched by the RBI. Under this scheme, Banks will be able to borrow upto 1% of their respective Net
Demand and Time Liabilities. The rate of interest on the amount accessed from this facility will be 100
basis points (i.e. 1%) above the repo rate. This scheme is likely to reduce volatility in the overnight
rates and improve monetary transmission.
10. Mandate:
Written authority issued by a customer to another person to act on his behalf, to sign
cheques or to operate a bank account.
11. Material Alteration:
Alteration in an instrument so as to alter the character of an instrument for
example when date, amount, name of the payee are altered or making a cheque payable to bearer
from an order one or opening the crossing on a cheque.
12. Merchant Banking :
When a bank provides to a customer various types of financial services like
accepting bills arising out of trade, arranging and providing underwriting, new issues, providing advice,
information or assistance on starting new business, acquisitions, mergers and foreign exchange.
13. Micro Finance:
Micro Finance aims at alleviation of poverty and empowerment of weaker sections
in India. In micro finance, very small amounts are given as credit to poor in rural, semi-urban and urban areas to enable them to raise their income levels and improve living standards.
14. Minor Accounts:
A minor is a person who has not attained legal age of 18 years. As per Contract
Act a minor cannot enter into a contract but as per Negotiable Instrument Act, a minor can draw,
negotiate, endorse, receive payment on a Negotiable Instrument so as to bind all the persons, except
himself. In order to boost their deposits many banks open minor accounts with some restrictions.
15. Mobile Banking :
With the help of M-Banking or mobile banking customer can check his bank
balance, order a demand draft, stop payment of a cheque, request for a cheque book and have
information about latest interest rates.
16. Money Laundering:
When a customer uses banking channels to cover up his suspicious and
unlawful financial activities, it is called money laundering.
17. Money Market:
Money market is not an organized market like Bombay Stock Exchange but is an
informal network of banks, financial institutions who deal in money market instruments of short term like CP, CD and Treasury bills of Government.
18. Moratorium:
R.B.I. imposes moratorium on operations of a bank; if the affairs of the bank are not
conducted as per banking norms. After moratorium R.B.I. and Government explore the options of
safeguarding the interests of depositors by way of change in management, amalgamation or take over
or by other means.
19. Mortgage:
Transfer of an interest in specific immovable property for the purpose of offering a security for taking a loan or advance from another. It may be existing or future debt or performance of an agreement which may create monetary obligation for the transferor (mortgagor).
20. Mutual Fund:
A company that invests in and professionally manages a diversified portfolio of
securities and sells shares of the portfolio to investors.
