Thursday 31 March 2016

QA--BANKING

Q:What is escrow account .
A:An escrow account is a temporary pass through account held by a third party during the process of a transaction between two parties.
Definition: An escrow account is a temporary pass through account held by a third party during the process of a transaction between two parties. This is a temporary account as it operates until the completion of a transaction process, which is implemented after all the conditions between the buyer and the seller are settled.
Description: In real estate, the fund flows for the development of the project from any source is kept in the escrow account and the funds utilised for the same are also generated from the escrow account. Even the buyers of the housing units in a project transfer the home price to the escrow account and the amount is not transferred to the seller until the project is completed.
Sometimes the construction linked payments are disbursed to the seller from the escrow account so that the builder has sufficient funds for completion of the project. Sellers also benefit from the prioritization mechanism, also called waterfall mechanism, wherein the priority based payments are made to the concerned parties.
Q:What is LETTERS OF CONTINUITY.
A:Letters of continuity must be obtained in addition to the Demand Promissory Note where the advance is likely to fluctuate or adjusted or revived.
The signatures should be obtained in the same fashion as on the Demand Promissory Note. It requires to be stamped like any other agreement. It is not necessary to take letter of Continuity where the advance is given by way of loans.

Q:Who is Indemnifier.
A: When a person indemnifies or guarantees to make good any loss caused to the lender from his actions or others' actions.
Q:What is Forfaiting
A: In International Trade when an exporter finds it difficult to realize money from the importer, he sells the right to receive money at a discount to a forfaiter, who undertakes inherent political and commercial risks to finance the exporter, of course with assumption of a profit in the venture.


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