PSB Finacle - Manual-Bank Guarantee
PSB Finacle - Manual-Bank Guarantee
Finacle 10.2.25
User Manual
Bank Guarantee
Trademark Acknowledgements
NIIT/PSB/Version 1.0
2. BANKING INPUTS..................................................................................................................................... 5
Bank Guarantee is an instrument issued by the Banks in which the Bank agrees to stand guarantee
against the non-performance of some activity/event of a customer. The quantum of guarantee
is called the „guarantee amount‟. The guarantee is issued on receipt of a request from „applicant‟
for some purpose/transaction in favour of a „Beneficiary‟. The guarantee amount will be paid by
the „issuing bank‟ to the „beneficiary‟ of the guarantee on receipt of the „claim‟ from the
beneficiary i.e., when the guarantee is “Invoked”
In most cases, guarantees may not be invoked at all. The purchaser of computer hardware
may insist on a bank guarantee from the hardware vendor at the time of placing the order to ensure
the successful installation and maintenance of the same, failing which the beneficiary may claim the
loss incurred from the vendor.
Performance Guarantee
Financial Guarantee
Bid Bond Guarantee
Shipping Guarantee
Deferred Payment Guarantee
Advance Payment Guarantee
Retention Money Guarantee
Acceptances & Co-acceptances
The „Deferred Payment Guarantee‟ is different from other types of guarantees. Here the Issuing
Bank stands guarantee to some transaction between two parties; but the Bank undertakes to
make regular periodic payment (say monthly/half yearly, etc) of some fixed amount to the
„beneficiary‟ on behalf of the „applicant‟. The payment of the guarantee amount is spread over a
period of time. This type of guarantee is insisted upon in transactions where the Buyer expects
the return on investment to spread over a period of time and does not have resources to make
payment for purchase, up front.
There are further classifications of guarantees, depending on the entity to which the
guarantees are issued such as:
Guarantees are issued for a specific period and against some „Collateral‟. However, there are
instances when the guarantees are issued without an end date (referred to open guarantees)
Commission is collected either up front for the whole period of guarantee or collected
periodically as per the bank‟s policy. Guarantees constitute „contingent liability‟ for the Issuing Bank
and as such „transactions‟ are passed at the time of issue and are reversed on cancellation of BG
(before expiry) / on closure (on expiry) / on payment of guarantee amount (on invoked).
The banks issue guarantees not only on behalf of their customers, but also on the basis of requests
received from their correspondents world over. These Guarantees will be backed by the counter
guarantees given by the correspondent bank. Banks not only „issue‟ the guarantees, they also do
simple „advising‟ service, wherein they do not take any liability, except confirming the authenticity
of the guarantee itself.
2. BANKING INPUTS
Performance guarantee: The Bank, guaranteeing the performance of a task, issues these
guarantees.
Shipping Guarantee: Shipping guarantees are issued by the banks when the applicant (Buyer)
has not yet received the original Bill of Lading, but wants to take possession of goods from
the shipping company.
Counter Guarantee: A guarantee received by the bank from its correspondent, against which
it is expected to issue a guarantee in favour of a named beneficiary.
Guarantor: The person who guarantees. In case of BG,, guarantor will be Bank which issues
the Guarantee.
Invoking of guarantee: The beneficiary of the guarantee will demand payment of the
guaranteed amount from the guarantor (in this case, Bank) if the guaranteed task is not
performed. This process of demanding the payment for non-compliance is known as invoking
of guarantee.
Expired guarantee: The guarantee will be treated as expired once the guarantee period and the
claim period are over. The beneficiary will have no right for any claim from the guarantor
after the guarantee is expired.
Contingent liability: A liability, which may or may not arise. A contingent liability can occur on
account of happening or non-happening of some other event.
Solvency certificate: A certificate issued indicating the worth of the person mentioned in the
certificate. This is issued without any commitment from the side of Bank. Bank does not take any
responsibility on account of issue of a solvency certificate. Hence, neither contingent
accounting entries are passed nor limits of the applicant are updated.
Guarantees received from their correspondents can be advised using menu IGM. Through this
menu, users will be capturing the details of the guarantee being advised. Users have to select a
INWARD register defined through GTPM menu, for capturing the details.
In order to issue an Inward Guarantee in IGM following tabs need to be visited mandatorily –
General Details
Party Details
Guarantee Details