Module 2 Flashcards
As to acceptability
- Credit of general acceptability
- Credit of limited acceptability
Includes those forms of credit which all persons within a country are willing to take in payment for goods delivered or services rendered
Credit of general acceptability
Issued under such condition as to make them as acceptable means of payment only within a restricted field. They include the promissory note, the bill of exchange, various forms of bank credit and the open book account
Credit of limited acceptability
As to term of loan
- Demand Loan
- Time-Loan
No definite maturity date, the borrower or debtor must be ready because the creditor can get the necessary payment any time
Demand Loan
Loans which have definite maturity dates
Time-Loan
Payable within or on 1 year
Short-term loan
Often 1 year but not more than 5 years
Medium-term Loan
Payable after 5 years or more
Long-term Loan
As to form of loan
- Direct Loan
- Discount
- Overdraft
The lender may give to the borrower the EXACT AMOUNT as contained in the promissory note. Interest will be paid at the maturity date or every installment
Direct Loan
The lender collects in advance the interest and gives to the borrower the balance
Discount
The amount withdrawn is in excess of the depositor’s net balance in the bank. There is a pre-arranged amount that can be withdrawn for a definite period of time fixed in the agreement or contract but the bank and the customer or depositor .
Overdraft
As to type of user of loan
- Consumer or personal credit
- Mercantile or commercial credit
- Bank credit
- Investment credit
It is usually extended to the individual in which the purpose is to finance ome personal needs like the purchase of merchandise or commodities on a depressed payment plan
Consumer or personal credit
It is usually extended to persons dealing in COMMERCE and TRADE and is used to finance the purchase of inventories
Mercantile or commercial credit
The commercial banks extend short-term creidt to businessman for working capital purposes, that is, for the purchase of raw materials, the payment of wages and other expenses of a business incident to current operations.
Bank credit
Businessman usually obtain long-term funds through intermediary financial institutions such as investment banks, savings bank, insurance company or temporarily from commercial banks, primarily for the purpose of obtaining fixed capital.
Investment credit
As to security
- Secured loans
- Unsecured loans
Loans guaranteed by the assignment of some tangible assets of value which may be sold by the lender in case the borrower fails to pay for settlement of the debt
Secured loans
No collateral, character or clean loans are backed up safely by the integrity, ability and the willingness of the borrower to pay
Unsecured loans
As to purpose of use
- Agricultural credit
2.commercial credit - Industrial credit
- Consumer credit
These are loans granted to fiance the cultivation, development and improvement of agricultural land
Agricultural creidt
Is used to finance the day to day operation. A type of short-term loan granted to finance the production and distribution of commodities either by wholesale or retail, whether in storage or in transit to foreign and domestic markets
Commercial credit
It is used to finance the manufacture of goods, the construction of plant buildings or the acquisition and installation of equipment of machineries
Industrial credit
Loan granted for the purchase of goods and services for personal purposes, usually for intermediate consumption.
Consumer credit
As to matter of payment
- self-liquidating loan
- Non self liquidating loan
Loans pays for itself from the income of the amount borrowed
Self-liquidating loans
Are payable when the payments comes from earninsg of the borrower
Non self liquidating
An oral agreement to settle an obligation can be drawn into a written contract
Credit Instrument