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Tier-2 Capital Instrument

An instrument (capital instrument) that belongs to a bank's tier-2 capital. Tier-2 capital provides an additional source of capital whereby...

Impairment Provision

An allowance (provision) that is created by a bank for potential impairment losses (that may arise from the loans and...

Forbearance

A situation that takes place when a concession is made by a lending entity (a bank, financial institution) on the...

Base Interest Rate

The interest rate which is set and used by banks and financial institutions as a basis for determining their lending...

Bank Rate

The interest rate that a central bank pays to commercial banks for their deposits with it. It may also implies...

Cash Rate

The interest rate that banks incur and pay to borrow funds from other banks in the money market overnight (interbank...

Interbank Overnight Loan

An interbank loan that is extended over a short-term and for an interest rate quoted for overnight lending. It is...

NPL

It stands for non-performing loan; a loan that carries a very high risk of default (100% probability of default), with...

Non-Performing Loan

A loan that carries a very high risk of default (100% probability of default), with the worst credit grade on...

Regulatory Downturn LGD

A measure of downturn loss given default (downturn LGD) that accounts for regulatory capital requirements for banks in order to...