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  2. Letter of credit - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Credit management - Wikipedia

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    Credit management is the process of granting credit, setting the terms on which it is granted, recovering this credit when it is due, and ensuring compliance with company credit policy, among other credit related functions.

  4. Credit - Wikipedia

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    The majority (97% as of December 2013 [8]) of the money in the UK economy is created as credit. When a bank issues credit (i.e. makes a loan), it writes a negative entry in to the liabilities column of its balance sheet, and an equivalent positive figure on the assets column; the asset being the loan repayment income stream (plus interest) from ...

  5. Debits and credits - Wikipedia

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    A decrease to the bank's liability account is a debit. From the bank's point of view, when a credit card is used to pay a merchant, the payment causes an increase in the amount of money the bank is owed by the cardholder. From the bank's point of view, your credit card account is the bank's asset. An increase to the bank's asset account is a debit.

  6. Payment system - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] A payment system is an operational network which links bank accounts and provides for monetary exchange using bank deposits. [3] Some payment systems also include credit mechanisms, which are essentially a different aspect of payment. Payment systems are used in lieu of tendering cash in domestic and international transactions. This ...

  7. Acceptance credit - Wikipedia

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    An acceptance credit is a type of letter of credit that is paid by a time draft authorizing payment on or after a specific date, if the terms of the letter of credit have been complied with. The bank "accepts" bills of exchange drawn on the bank by the debtor, discounts them and agrees to pay for them when they mature.

  8. Credit theory of money - Wikipedia

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    Credit theories of money, also called debt theories of money, are monetary economic theories concerning the relationship between credit and money. Proponents of these theories, such as Alfred Mitchell-Innes , sometimes emphasize that money and credit/ debt are the same thing, seen from different points of view. [ 1 ]

  9. Credit analysis - Wikipedia

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    One objective of credit analysis is to look at both the borrower and the lending facility being proposed and to assign a risk rating.The risk rating is derived by estimating the probability of default by the borrower at a given confidence level over the life of the facility, and by estimating the amount of loss that the lender would suffer in the event of default.