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11 February, 2022

Why do the private commercial banks prefer short term lending Or, Advantages of Short-Term Financing

 1. Easier to provide: Banks can provide shortterm credit more easily within the minimum functionality than long-term credit.

2. Higher interest: Banks may impose the higher interest rate due to small amount of credit with the minimum or security less financing.

3. Rapid turn-over of capital: The capital investment is turning over rapidly and it make chance to further investment

4. Minimum cost of capital: Whether, the short-term credit makes the rapid turn- over of capital investment, thus it may reduce the cost of capital.

5. Minimum risks: Due to minimum time frame, the repayment of loan may cover in earlier. Thus, the risk is lesser than the long term credit.

6. Easy control over the customers: Banks can overlook more easily to the short- term borrowing customers than the long-term borrower.

7. Flexibility to lend: It is more flexible in the sense that the banks lends as the borrowers are needed and repay then in due time.

8. Minimum complexity: The maintenance and supports of further credit procedures is simple than long-term finance.


9. Fund availability: In many cases, commercial banks prefer to maximize the fund availability particularly small enterprises.