среда, 25 августа 2010 г.

Something About Banks

Transactions and various types of financial operations have become one of the crucial moments in our lives. With appearance of the bank all the financial operations have become more arranged and facilitated. Consequently, there are various types of the banks depending upon their functions, prices, services they offer and of course the number of customers (the bank functions with loans and deposits as well as credits, agency functions, financial assistance, basing upon cash credits in which you can receive and withdraw the money from the bank account up to a certain limit; overdraft which allows you to withdraw from the bank more than under the certain credit limit, discounting of bills which means that you can receive a discount if you settle your credit dues before the deadline date; besides banks suggest saving deposits, current deposits or demand deposits which can be withdrawn at any time by cheques). As it was mentioned before banks differ upon the functions carried out. These can be credit unions (institution owned by members or customers), online banks (online banks have wider spectrum of activities starting from online customer consultation services and ending up with money deposits and withdrawal and many others), central banks (central banks specialize upon managing of banking activities - within the USA it’s FED, or Federal Reserve. The banking activities may include the following: conduction of money policies, supervision and regulations of financial companies, financial services provision etc.), retail bank services (the functions are checking and savings accounts, CDs, safe deposit boxes etc.), commercial banks (they lend money for real and capital purchases, letters of credit, lockbox services etc.). 
As the UK takes the second place in the list of top world banks with its Royal Bank of Scotland after  BNP Paribas, France (and it's not the only British bank in the list, there are also Barclays, on the forth place, and Lloyds Banking group plc.on the seventh place), it's rather clear that Britain plays a great part in regulation of world financial activities.
Speaking about British banks.In the UK, according to money supermarket.com, in the 2010/2011 years in particular, 2,6 million of British savers can be dropped out of a collective £362 million. The financial prognoses emphasise that over 50% of savers would keep their £5,100 cash ISA allowance. The head of Banking and Credit Cards at moneysupermarket.com, Kevin Mountfourd (http://uk.linkedin.com/) claimed that because of financial and economical instability the savings of depositors may also be impacted. Nevertheless, Kevin Mountfourd advises to utilize tax free allowance for the returns to be maximized.
To conclude, I should point out that the main thing you need to do when making deposits is to find as much information as possible about the bank you’re going to trust your money to and funds to. Internet is a great source of information where you can find what you need however, it should be definitely taken critically, as there are some sources which you can trust and upon which you in no way should rely. Similarly, there are a lot of scammers which would swindle with your privacy and private information about credit cards etc. So, keep your eyes open when relying upon a certain source.

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