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Revival and Rehabilitation of MSME Units: RBI Framework (CAIIB ABM)
The revival and rehabilitation of MSME units is one of the most application-heavy topics in CAIIB Advanced Bank Management, becaus...
Health Insurance Products for Bank Customers: Cover, Claims and Rules (JAIIB RBWM)
Every branch that sells third-party products today sells health cover, which is why health insurance products for bank customers i...
Accounting for Goodwill in Partnership Firms: Valuation and Treatment (JAIIB AFM)
Goodwill is the silent asset that never sits on a partnership's balance sheet until a partner joins, retires, or dies — and gettin...
Protection to Paying and Collecting Banker: NI Act Sections 85 to 131 (JAIIB PPB)
When a cheque comes back to haunt a bank instead of the customer, the outcome usually turns on one legal question: did the bank en...
Services Sector in the Indian Economy: GVA Share, Exports and Jobs (JAIIB IEIFS)
The services sector in the Indian economy is the single largest contributor to India's Gross Value Added (GVA) — a structural shif...
Personal Guarantors Under IBC: Part III Process and Bank Recovery
When a corporate borrower defaults and the account is dragged into insolvency, the bank does not stop at the company. Personal gua...
Basis Risk in Banking: Sources, Measurement and Hedging (IIBF Risk Management)
Basis risk in banking sits quietly inside every floating-rate balance sheet, and it does not vanish just because you have matched...
Audit of Foreign Exchange Transactions in Banks: Scope and Checklist (CAAP)
The audit of foreign exchange transactions in banks is one of the more technical areas tested under the CAAP syllabus because it s...
Third Party Product Distribution in Banks: Compliance and Controls (BCP)
Every branch manager knows the pressure: a customer walks in for a loan, and the cross-sell target for the quarter is still short....
Forfaiting in Export Finance: Mechanism, Costs and Comparison (IIBF ITF)
Forfaiting in export finance lets an exporter sell a medium-term export receivable to a specialist forfaiter and walk away with ca...
Cancellation of NBFC Registration by RBI: Grounds and Consequences
Every NBFC operates on the strength of a single document: the certificate of registration (CoR) granted by the Reserve Bank under...
Currency Swaps for Corporate Hedging: Structure, Pricing and Uses
Corporate treasuries carrying foreign currency loans cannot treat exchange risk as someone else's problem. Currency swaps for corp...