Money and Banking
Money and Banking
TERM I PROJECT
BY SUJITHA K
XII-CN
BARTER SYSTEM
PRIMARY FUNCTIONS
i. Medium of exchange – It means that money can be used to make
payments for all transactions of goods and services
ii. Measure of value – It means that money works as a common
denomination, in which values of all goods and services are expressed
SECONDARY FUNCTIONS
iii. Standard of deferred payments – It means that money acts as a standard
for payments, which are to made in future
iv. Store of value – It means that money can be used to transfer purchasing
power from present to future.
CLASSIFICATION OF MONEY
▪ Full bodied money: Any unit of money, whose face value and intrinsic
value are equal, is known as full bodied money, i.e. Money value =
commodity value
▪ Representative full bodied money: It refers to that money which is
usually made of paper. The value of representative full bodied money
is much higher that its value as a commodity. They are two type
namely convertible paper money and inconvertible paper money.
▪ Credit money: It refers to the money whose intrinsic value is much
lower than its face value, i.e. Money Value > Commodity value
Full bodied money representative full bodied money credit money
DEMAND FOR MONEY
PRIMARY FUNCTIONS
1. Accepting deposits
(i) Current account deposits: The deposits refer to those deposits which are repayable by the banks on demand
(ii) Fixed deposits: It refer to those deposits in which the amount is deposited with the bank for a fixed period of time
(iii) Saving deposits: These deposits combine features of both current account deposits and fixed deposits
2. Advancing of loans
(i) Cash credit: Cash credit refers to loan given to the borrower against his current assets like shares, stocks, bonds,
etc.
(ii) Demand Loans: Demand loans refers to those loans which can be recalled on demand by the bank at any time
(iii) Short term loans: They are given as personal loans against some collateral security
SECONDARY FUNCTIONS
1. Overdraft facility: It refers to a facility in which a customer is allowed to
overdraw his current account up to an agreed limit
2. Discounting bills of exchange: It refers to facility in which holder of a bill
of exchange can get the bill discounted with bank before the maturity
3. Agency functions: Commercial bank perform certain agency functions
for their customers like transfer of funds, income tax consultancy, letters
of reference
4. General utility functions: Commercial banks render some general utility
services like locker facility, letter of credit, underwriting securities
MONEY CREATION
CURRENCY AUTHORITY
▪ Central bank has the sole authority for issue of currency in the
country. In India RBI issues paper currency notes and Ministry of
Finance issues one rupee notes and coins.
BANKER TO THE GOVERNMENT
▪ As a banker, it carries out all the banking business of the government
▪ As an agent, it has the responsibility of managing the public debt
▪ As a financial advisor, it advises the government on economic,
financial and monetary matters.
BANKER’S BANK AND SUPERVISOR
▪ As the banker to banks, it functions in three capacities: custodian of
cash reserves, lender of last resort and clearing house.
▪ As a supervisor, it regulates and controls the commercial banks
CONTROLLER OF MONEY SUPPLY AND CREDIT
Money supply is regulated by RBI through its monetary policy
▪ Repo rate: Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country
lends money to commercial banks to meet their short term needs
(INCREASE IN REPO RATE REDUCES CREDIT CREATING POWER AND VICE VERSA)
▪ Bank rate: Bank rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country
lends money to commercial banks to meet their long term needs
(INCREASE IN BANK RATE REDUCES CREDIT CREATING POWER AND VICE VERSA)
▪ Reverse repo rate: Reverse repo rate is the rate of interest at which
commercial banks can deposit their surplus funds with the central
bank, for a relatively shorter period of time (INCREASE IN REVERSE RATE
REDUCES CREDIT CREATING POWER AND VICE VERSA)