The primary operations of banks include:
- Keeping money safe while also
allowing withdrawals when
needed
- Issuance of chequebooks
so that bills can be paid and other kinds of payments can be delivered by
post
- Provide personal
loans, commercial
loans, and mortgage loans (typically loans to purchase a
home, property or business)
- Issuance of credit
cards and processing of credit card transactions and billing
- Issuance of debit
cards for use as a substitute for cheques
- Allow financial transactions at branches or by using Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs)
- Provide wire transfers of funds and Electronic fund transfers between
banks
- Facilitation of standing orders and direct debits, so
payments for bills can be made automatically
- Provide overdraft
agreements for the temporary advancement of the bank's own money to meet
monthly spending commitments of a customer in their current account.
- Provide internet banking system to facilitate the
customers to view and operate their respective accounts through internet.
- Provide charge card advances of the bank's own money
for customers wishing to settle credit advances monthly.
- Provide a check guaranteed by the bank itself and
prepaid by the customer, such as a cashier's check or certified check.
- Notary service for financial and other documents
- Accepting the deposits from customer and provide the
credit facilities to them.
- Sell investment products like mutual funds etc.
Products
Retail banking
- Savings account
- Money market account
- Certificate of deposit (CD)
- Individual retirement account
(IRA)
- Credit
card
- Debit
card
- Mortgage
- Mutual
fund
- Personal
loan
- Time
deposits
- ATM card
- Current accounts
- Cheque books
Business (or commercial/ investment) banking
- Business loan
- Capital raising (equity / debt / hybrids)
- Mezzanine finance
- Project finance
- Revolving credit
- Risk management (foreign exchange (FX)), interest
rates, commoditys, derivatives)
- Term loan
- Cash
management s (lock box, remote deposit capture, merchant processing)
- Credit
services