Banking: Law and Practice

Paper Code: 
BCS-615
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To acquire specialized knowledge of law and practice relating to Banking

9.00
Unit I: 
Loans and Advances

• Law, Practice and Policies governing the employment of the funds in the hands of the banker with special reference to the lending banker
• State Policy on Loans and Advances - Priority sector advances and socio-economic policies - Financial inclusion - Self- Employment Schemes - Women Entrepreneurs - Small Scale Industries - Agricultural Finance, Export Finance, etc. - Micro Finance - How the banker profitably uses the fund - Call loans and loans repayable at short notice - Loans and advances - Overdrafts - Legal control over bank's deployment of funds

9.00
Unit II: 
Securities for Banker's Loans

• The legal issues involved in and the practice governing the different kinds of securities for banker's advances and loans
• Guarantees, pledge, lien, mortgage, charge - subject matters of collateral security
• Corporate Securities
• Documents of title to goods
• Land and Buildings
• Book debts
• Life Policies
• Factoring; Bill Discounting; Bank Guarantees; Letters of Credit; Commercial Papers

9.00
Unit III: 
Financial Analysis of Banks

• Introduction; Role of financial analysis in financial management; Techniques of Financial Analysis; DuPont Model of Financial Analysis; Special issues in Financial Analysis of Banking Industry
• Financial System Contemporary and Emerging Issues: An Overview Introduction; Role of Financial System; Capital Flow-Through Intermediary Financial Institutions; Direct Capital Flow; Primary Market Products; Primary Market Issue Facilitators; Secondary Market; Economic Importance of Financial Markets.

9.00
Unit IV: 
International Banking Management

• International Banking: An Overview
• Legal & Regulatory Framework
• International Banking Operations Management
• Risk Management in International Banking
• Special Issues: Technology and International Banking;
Globalisation and International Banking; Financial Innovations in
International Banking
Electronic Banking and IT in Banks
• IT in Banking: An Introduction
• IT Applications in Banking- Computer-Based Information
Systems for Banking; Electronic Banking; Electronic Fund Management
• Enabling Technologies of Modern Banking- Electronic Commerce and Banking; Supply Chain Management; Customer Relationship Management; Integrated Communication Networks for Banks
• Security and Control Systems - Cybercrimes and fraud Management
• Planning and Implementation of Information Systems

9.00
Unit V: 
Risk Management in Banks

• Risk Management: An Overview
• Credit Risk Management
• Liquidity and Market Risk Management
• Operational Risk Management
• Special Issues- Risk Management Organization; Reporting of
Banking Risk; Risk Adjusted Performance Evaluation
• Basel III
Ethics and Corporate Governance in Banks
• Ethics and Business
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Governance in Financial Sector

Essential Readings: 

• P.N. Varshney, Banking law and Practice, Sultan Chand and Sons, Delhi
• B.S. Khubehandani, Practice and Law of Banking, MacMillian India Limited
• Jain, Khanna, Tiwari, “ Banking and Public Finance” V.K India Enterprises, New Delhi.
• Natarajan S, Parameshwaran R, “ Indian Banking” S.Chand & Company LTD, New Delhi

References: 

• Davar S.R., Banking Law & Practice, Vikas Publishing House, Delhi
• Shrivastava P.K., Banking Law & Practice, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay
• Shrivastava R.S., Nigam Divya, Management of Indian Financial Institutions” Himalaya Publishing House, New Delhi
• Tannan M.L., Banking Law and Practice, Indian Law House, Delhi
• Bhole, L. M., Financial Markets and Institutions, Tata McGraw Hill, Delhi.
• Ghosh, D ., Banking Policy in India, Allied Publications, Delhi

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