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Collateral

A borrower's pledge of a property to a lending bank in order to secure repayment of a loan. In this...

Compound Interest

The interest that results from adding interest to the principal amount (loan, deposit, debt, etc). In this sense, interest earned...

Commercial Paper

Unsecured, short-term notes (money-market instruments) that are sold on a discount basis either indirectly (through traders and dealers) or directly...

Collateralization

The pledging of an asset or property by a borrower to secure a bank loan, where a lender has the...

Cross Collateralization

The use of an asset or property already pledged for one loan as collateral for another loan. For example, cross...

Credit Transformation

A type of transformation which involves a bank’s credit risk. It is typically conducted by investing in securities that have...

Capital Forbearance

A regulatory policy (i.e., a policy implemented by central banks and other regulatory authorities) that permits banks and financial institutions to continue operating even...

Cross-Age Rule

A banking rule that defines the precautionary situation in which a customer gets tainted by cross-aged balances- i.e., his/ her...

Collateral Transformation

A type of transformation in which involves a temporary exchange of less liquid forms of collateral for liquid collateral. Typically,...

CD Rate

The interest rate on a certificate of deposit (CD). It is the rate paid by a bank to depositors for funds locked...