Submitted to:- Dr. Manjit Singh

Submitted by:- Arshdeep SinghRoll no.- 6805

A Bank is a Financial Institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and to lend money.

An institution which accepts deposits, makes business loans, and offers related services. Commercial banks also allow for a variety of deposit accounts, such as checking, savings, and time deposit. These institutions are run to make a profit and owned by a group of individuals, yet some may be members of the Federal Reserve System. While commercial banks offer services to individuals, they are primarily concerned with receiving deposits and lending to businesses.

1. Encourage saving.2. Helpful in industrial and economic

development.3. Facilitate Remittances.4. Representatives of collection.5. Loan facilities.6. Safety of funds.

Banks which have been included in the Second Schedule of RBI Act 1934. They are categorized as follows:

Public Sector Banks :- are those banks in which majority of stake is held by the government. eg. SBI, PNB, Syndicate Bank, Union Bank of India etc.

Private Sector Banks :- are those banks in which majority of stake is held by private individuals. eg. ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, HDFC Bank, AXIS Bank etc.

Foreign Banks :- are the banks with Head office outside the country in which they are located. eg. Citi Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Bank of Tokyo Ltd. etc.

Banks which are not included in the Second Schedule of RBI Act 1934.

Functions of Commercial Banks

Primary Functions Secondary Functions

1.Accepting Deposits2. Making Advances3. Credit Creation

1. Agency Function2. General Utility Function

Accepting Deposits : Commercial bank accepts various types of deposits from public especially from its clients. It includes saving account deposits, recurring account deposits, fixed deposits, etc. These deposits are payable after a certain time period.

Making Advances : The commercial banks provide loans and advances of various forms. It includes an over draft facility, cash credit, bill discounting, etc. They also give demand and loans to all types of clients against proper security.

Credit creation : It is most significant function of the commercial banks. While sanctioning a loan to a customer, a bank does not provide cash to the borrower Instead it opens a deposit account from where the borrower can withdraw. In other words while sanctioning a loan a bank automatically creates deposits. This is known as a credit creation from commercial bank.

Along with the primary functions each commercial bank has to perform several secondary functions too. It includes many agency functions or general utility functions. The secondary functions of commercial banks can be divided into agency functions and utility functions.

1. To collect and clear cheque, dividends and interest warrant.2. To make payment of rent, insurance premium, etc.3. To deal in foreign exchange transactions.4. To purchase and sell securities.5. To act as trusty, attorney, correspondent and executor.6. To accept tax proceeds and tax returns.

1. To provide safety locker facility to customers.2. To provide money transfer facility.3. To issue traveller's cheque.4. To act as referees.5. To accept various bills for payment e.g phone bills, gas bills, water bills, etc.6. To provide merchant banking facility.7. To provide various cards such as credit cards, debit cards, Smart cards, etc.

1. Banks promote capital formation.2. Investment in new enterprises.3. Promotion of trade and industry.4. Development of agriculture.5. Balanced development of different regions.6. Influencing economic activity.7. Monetization of the economy.8. Export promotion cells

Commercial banks make possible the reliable transfer of funds and translation of business practices between different countries and different customs all over the world.

Commercial Banks also facilitate these facility in EXIM policy:-1.Trade finance2.Foreign exchange3.Corporate finance4.Miscellaneous banking services(Lock boxes, Currency specific credit cards).

Commercial bank provides facility to their customers like saving accounts, fixed deposits, lockers, loans and DD facilities.Commercial banks not only provide these facilities they also help them in export, import, financial system, in money market and also in the economic development of a country. Overall we say that commercial banks helps in each and every field to meet their requirement.