Rupali Bank Limited

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Rupali Bank Limited

1.1 INTENTS OF THE STUDY:

This study is intended for providing me invaluable practical knowledge about banking operation system in Bangladesh. The prime objective of the study is to examine the performance of Rupali Bank Ltd.

However, the specific objectives are the followings:

• To accomplish the partial requisite of BBA Program and to achieve of good judgment with theoretical base.
• To have a revelation on the banking environment of Bangladesh.
• To review the consumer banking services and operating system of Rupali Bank Limited.
• To evaluate the factors affecting performance of the bank.
• To suggest the better ways of enhancing the performance of the bank.
• To know how Bank fixes profit rate and distribute/ allocate the profit.
• To make myself more confident and active in future to finger my job.

1.2 ORIGIN OF THE REPORT

The BBA program of Dhaka City College is designed with an excellent combination of theoretical and practical aspects. Internship provides the students to link up their theoretical knowledge into practical fields. After the completion of the course requirement for the BBA program, students are sent to various organizations where they are assigned to one or more task to get three months practical experience. During this program, supervisor guides each student one from the university and the other from the organization. In this connection, I was assigned to Rupali bank Bangladesh Ltd. Local office for my practical orientation.

At the end of the program, the internships are required to place the accomplishments and findings of the project through the writing of the internship report covering the relevant topics

1.3 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY

Internship Program is a mandatory program for all students of B.B.A under National University. Practical orientation is a positive development in professional area. Recognizing the importance of practical experience, Department of Business Administration has introduced a one to three months practical exposure as a part of the curriculum of Bachelor of Business Administration.

For the completion of this internship program I have chosen a bank named “Rupali Bank Limited” and my internship report is based on “Over all performance of Rupali Bank Limited”. I have prepared this report under Mr. Shahinur Sobhan, Lecturer, Department of Business Administration, Dhaka City College. In the study period, mainly student gain theoretical knowledge but now a day, in the job market there is no substitute of principle work experience. Therefore, before getting into job, students should have some real world experience in the major field of study on the career choice that interest him/her.

1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The objective of the study is to gather practice of all knowledge regarding business sector and operations. Theory classes of B.B.A provide us theories regarding business sector and practical orientation gives us the chance of view those systems and their operations. More precisely we can identify those objectives:

To gather the practical experience base on the theoretical knowledge.

• To habituated with the corporate environment and culture.
• To serve the function of overall banker customer relationship.
• To observe the function of general banking system.
• To observe the function of Loans and Advance department.
• To observe the function of foreign exchange department.
• To learn and acquainted to fulfill the academic purpose.

1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY

As I was an intern, my scope was limited and restricted for some purpose. I had maintained some official formality for the collection of data of my report. This study will give a clear idea about the overall performance of Rupali Bank Limited as well as the different section of different products and services of Rupali Bank Limited.

· Information availability.

· Good communication system.

· Have a wide area of gaining knowledge.

· Good working environment.

1.6 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

During the study, I have faced the following limitations:

• Three months time is not enough for such an extensive study. It is very difficult to collect all the required information in such a short period.
• Another limitation of this report is Bank’s policy of not disclosing some data and information for obvious reason, which could be very much useful.
• The bankers are very busy with their jobs, which lead a little time to consult with.
• Due to some legal obligation and business secrecy banks are reluctant to provide data. For this reason, the study limits only on the available published data and certain degree of formal and informal interview.
• In case of performance analysis secondary data are used.
• This is my first experience on job, so there may arise some faults though I have tried my level best.

1.7 METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY

SOURCES OF DATA

In order to make the report more meaningful, presentable, a complete one and to meet the goal of this report different data and information are required. Those data and information were collected from various sources, such as, primary and secondary which is showed below:

The “Primary Sources” are as follows:

1) Practical desk work

2) Face-to-face conversation with the respective officers and staffs of the local office.

3) Relevant file study as provided by the officers concerned.

4) Facing some practical situation related with the day to day banking activities.

The “Secondary Sources” of data and information are:

1) Annual Report of Rupali Bank Bangladesh Limited

2) File study.

3) Various books, articles, compilations etc. regarding centralization process.

4) Different ‘Procedure Manual’.

5) Brochures

6) Bangladesh Bank Annual report

7) Newspapers

8) Internet

9) Several kinds of Academic test-book.

10) Different publications regarding banking functions and Remittances operation

2.1 BACKGROUND

Rupali Bank Ltd. (RBL) was constituted with the merger of 3 (three) erstwhile commercial banks i.e. Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd., Australasia Bank Ltd. And Standard Bank Ltd. Which operated in the then Pakistan on March 26, 1972 under the Bangladesh Banks (Nationalization) order 1972 (P.O. NO. 26 of 1972), with all their assets, benefits, rights, powers, authorities, privileges, liabilities, borrowings and obligations. Rupali Bank worked as a nationalized commercial Bank till December13, 1986. Rupali Bank Ltd. Emerged as the largest Public Limited Banking Company of the country on December 14, 1986. Rupali Bank Ltd. Operates through 492 branches. It is linked to its foreign correspondents all over the world. The Corporate Head Office of the bank is located at DHAKA with one local office (main branch), four corporate branches at Dhaka, one in Chittagong and twenty-five zonal offices all over the country. The Board Of directors is composed of eight members headed by a chairman and the directors comprise representatives from both public and private sectors and shareholders. The Bank is headed by the Managing Director (Chief executive) who is a reputed professional Banker. The Bank has an authorized capital of TK. 7000 million with a paid up capital of TK. 1250 million. GOB owns 93.11% of its share while the private share constitutes only 06.89%.

2.2 COMPANY PROFILE

2.3 DEPOSIT:

The total deposit of the bank has stood at TK. 7391.28 crore as on 31 December 2009 recording an increase of Tk 362.52 crore from Tk 7028.76 crore as on 31 December, 2008 through earnest efforts of high executives, as well as officers and staff of all levels in severe competitive circumstances in the banking sector at present. The rate of increase of deposit becomes 5.16 percent. Efforts for procurement of deposits have been made in different times during the year by organizing some special programmers. Besides this, emphasis is laid to procure no-cost and low-cost deposit keeping the matter of earning profit in view.

2.4 LOAN AND ADVANCES:

As on 31 December 2009 the total loans and advances of the bank has increased by Tk.331.42 crore to Tk. 5234.42 crore as compared to Tk. 4903.00 crore on 31 December, 2008 and the rate of increase was 6.76 percent. In accordance with the “Prudential Guideline for Consumer Financing and small enterprise Financing” as of Bangladesh Bank, financing in 3 (three) projects named Personal Loan, Professional Loan & Small Enterprise Financing has been continued also during the year in question. Besides this, in order to augment the credit flow in rural areas, the activities of lending to the NGOs under the Bank –NGO Linkage credit program have been started.

In 2008, the amount and rate of classified loans were Tk. 1534.24 crore and 31.29 percent respectively. But with the recovery of Tk. 439.83 crore, the amount of classified loans has reduced at Tk. 1094.41 crore, the rate of recovery being 20.91 percent. The success of recovery of classified loans is the outcome of incessant efforts of the officers and staff of all levels of the bank. As on 31 December, 2009 the amount of sector-wise classified loans was Tk. 306.54 crore and that of unclassified loans was Tk. 1227.86 crore i.e. total amount of classified and unclassified loans has stood at Tk. 1534.40 crore.

2.5 INVESTMENT:

The total investment of the bank was Tk. 1254.57 crore in 2008. it has increased by Tk. 175.73 crore to Tk. 1430.30 crore, the rate of increase being 14.01 percent. Investment has been encouraged in order to enhance the profit of the bank.

2.6 CALL MONEY ANDFDR HELD IN OTHER BANKS:

The amount of invested money in money market was Tk. 447.47 crore in 2008. It has stood at Tk. 555.41 crore showing an increase of Tk. 107.94 crore in 2009. Such investment comprises Tk. 331.25 crore as FDR in different banks and Tk. 224.16 crore in call money.

2.7 PROFIT:

The bank has earned operating profit Tk. 209.87 crore in 2009, being Tk. 95.36 crore higher than the preceding year. But the bank sincerely expresses its regret for not being able to pay dividend to the esteemed shareholders this year due to previous accumulated loss according to the provision of the Banking Companies act.

2.8 FOREIGN EXCHANGE BUSINESS:

In spite of widespread economic recession throughout the world, Rupali Bank Ltd. Has been proceeding hopefully in foreign exchange business. The bank has made import business for tk. 2519.41 crore in 2009 with an increase of Tk. 449.13 crore from Tk. 2070.28 crore of 2008, the rate of increase being 21.69 percent. The main items of import were industrial raw materials, food items, vehicles, petroleum products, cotton, yarn and different consumer items. The volume of export business has increased by Tk. 35.65 crore to Tk. 745.81 crore this year as compared to Tk. 710.16 crore of the preceding year, the rate of increase being 5.02 percent. As to export business, leather and jute sectors have contributed much to bank performance. The foreign remittance has been elevated to Tk. 2231.19 crore in 2009 from Tk. 2164.28 crore of 2008 showing an increase of Tk. 66.91 crore, the rate of increase being 3.09 percent. The Foreign Exchange Dealing Room of Rupali Bank has made an earning of $0.207 million with an increase of $0.049 million in 2009 from $0.158 million of the last year by handling 1320 speculative deals. The rate of increase of such earning is 31.01 percent. International Division earned Tk. 12.92 crore in 2008; whereas in 2009 it has earned Tk. 23.88 crore with increased earning of Tk. 10.96 crore, the rate of earning being 84.83 percent. At the end of the year in question the number of overseas correspondents including exchange companies raises at 184. The number of NOSTRO accounts abroad is 34 and the number of exchange companies under Drawing Arrangement is 22 among which exchange companies issuing draft in Bangladesh taka are 15 and the number of exchange companies under EFT is 7.

2.9 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:

The activities of disbursement of credit like fishery loan, shrimp cultivation loan, goat/ sheep rearing loan, poultry loan, dairy loan, beef fattening loan, loan against corp. storage in godown, poverty alleviation and socio-economic loan, small loan, micro credit for the handicapped and the tree plantation loan are in operation under Rural Credit Division for socio-economic development of the country undef the policy pursued by the government. As the volume of agriculture / rural credit disbursement did not reach the expectation level for shortage of manpower at field levels and in order to deliver the agriculture/ rural credit to the hands of the farmers easily as per directives of the Ministry Of Finance and Bangladesh Bank, Bank-NGO Linkage Credit Programme was initiated in 2008.

Agriculture/Rural credit amounting to Tk. 60.58 crore out of allocated amount of Tk. 120.000 crore under annual agriculture/ rural credit program together with Bank-NGO linkage program through approval of the Board has been disbursed in 2009. The outstanding amount of agriculture/ rural credit as on 31-12-2009 is Tk. 120.88 crore.

A program named youth/farmer credit program has been made operative in order to disburse credit against bank account to those farmers who have obtained “Agriculture inputs and Assistance card” and have bank accounts or will open accounts in the bank with a view to assisting in their agricultural works. A preliminary allocation for Tk. 10.00 crore has been made to disburse credit under the above programme during the current year.

2.10 OTHER BANKING ACTIVITIES:

74 branches of our bank are engaged in works relating to the payment of portion of salaries afforded by the government to the teachers and employees of registered non-government educational institutions including teachers of non-government educational institutional, 98 branches relating to the payment of scholarship and stipends to the girl students at primary and secondary levels and 69 branches relating to the payment of stipends to the girl students at primary and higher secondary level. In addition to those, almost all the branches of Rupali Bank are engaged in work relating to the payment of pension bill to the retired government, civil and military personnel and the receipt of utility bills such as PDB, DESA, REB, WASA, GAS & Telephone etc. including other service-related work of the government (such as receipt of Municipal Tax and Land Development Tax, purchase and sale of Prize Bonds, receipt of Hajj money etc).

2.11 HUMAN RESOURCES:

As compared to the preceding year the number of manpower has increased by 260 during the year 2009 in question. As on 31-12-2009 the total number of manpower has stood at4529 with 3148 officers and 1381 members of staff. During the year in question, 377 employees are on LPR, 10 employees have resigned, 356 persons have newly joined in the post-officer, 168 have joined in the post-officer (cash), 118 persons have joined in the post- senior officer, 1 (one) person has joined in the post- Programmer (PO) and $ persons have joined in the post- System Analysis (SPO). That means, in total, 647 persons have joined as officer in various posts.

2.12 LEGAL ACTIVITIES:

As regards the recovery of default loans, the number of the suits such as original suits under trial, execution suits, appeal/ others and suits in Bankruptcy Court field by the Bank stood at 4570 with an involvement of Tk. 1603.29 crore. The number of the suits in which the certificates issued for possession and enjoyment of the mortgaged property by the court is 501 involving Tk. 82.03 crore; the suits field against the bank were 156 involving Tk. 327.93 crore; the IRO suits 110; the suits disposed of 294 involving Tk. 222.28 crore. The suits newly filed 42 involving Tk. 89.18 crore and the recovery through suits amounts to Tk. 222.28 crore. The number of lawyers conducting the suits in Dhaka Metropolitan area is 110 and in other areas 236. Besides these, the number of writs arising from Artha Rin Adalat Act, 2003 pending for disposal is 304 at the end of the year in question.

2.13 RUPALI BANK TRAINING INSTITUTE:

Since 2009, as many as 602 officers were imparted training by Rupali Bank Training Institute through 24 courses/ workshops including 10 foundation courses to the newly joined probationary officers throughout the month and the course relating to Fake Note Detection, BACH program, Money Laundering Prevention Act, Core Risk, Foreign Exchange and Computer. As many as 105 trainees have participated in 43 courses in BIBM. In addition to this, 18 trainees took part in 12 courses conducted by Bangladesh Bank and other institutions outside.

2.14 COMPUTER OPERATION AND APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:

Extensive activities on computer technology and their implementation have been undertaken by this bank during the year in question. Till 2009, the number of computerized branches stood at 145. The work relating to change of old computers in previously computerized 31 branches is in progress. Remittance and EFT System have been modernized and arrangement for Money Transfer through Western Union in 71 branches has been made operative. On-line Banking with foreign Exchange Branches at Dhaka and Agrabad Branch of Chittagong has been introduced. The vendor institution has started preliminary activities to introduce On-Line banking operation on test basis in 10 more branches of the bank. The information of 25 Divisions of Head Office are being publicized through Bank’s own website (www.rupalibank.org). In order to expedite the flow of information 10 Internet of 64 kbps (shared line) and 10 Internet line of 256 kbps (dedicated line) have been installed in Head Office. The supply and installation of necessary hardware and software including communication link with Bangladesh Bank have been made. SIT (System Integrity Test) with Bangladesh Bank is in completion and prepared to operate in live at any time as per instruction of Bangladesh bank.

3.1 POSITION OF BANK AT A GLANCE FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS

3.2 CHALLENGE OF THE BANK

3.3 FUTURE PLAN

3.4 COMMON-SIZE STATEMENT (BALANCE SHEET)

4.1 TYPES OF LOAN AND ADVANCES:

The bank’s Loans & Advances portfolio also indicates an impressive growth. The growth rate of RBL, June 2010 is

Mainly two types of Loans

I. Funded (Demand or consumer loan)

II. Non funded (L/C, Bank Guarantee, Tender etc.)

A lot of types of Funded Loans and Advances are available in The Branch of the Rupali Bank.

1. Cash Credit Hypothecation

2. Over Draft

3. Term Loan

a) More than 5 years

b) Less than 5 years

c) With in 1 year

4. Demand Loan

a) Loan against DPS.

b) Loan against other security

c) Loan against consumer credit.

d) Staff loan (PO)

5. Bank Guarantee

6. Floor loan

7. PC (Packing Credit)

8. Export development fund (EDF)

9. Letter of Credit

10. Payment against documents (Import & Export)

11. LATR (loan against trust received)

12. House Building

a) Commercial

b) General

c) Staff

13. Lease Finance

4.2 Loan Sanction For The Client

Process is following

· Application for by Client in rough format than built-in format

· Received

· Verification (Normal than physical)

· For heavy Loan, Branch has to submit CIB and Proposal to Head Office and Bangladesh Bank for permission

· Approved loan application/ Reject the proposal

· Collect security

· Give new account and permission to withdraw the loan money.

4.3 Loans & Advances is permitted on the Basis of-

1. Lien

2. Mortgage

1. LIEN:

Lien is permitted against the Following

· DPS= Deposit Pension Scheme

· FDR= Fixed Deposit Receipt

· PSE= Protirakha Sanchoy Patra

Lien (VALUE) must be higher than the value of Loans. 80% of Lien documents (VALUE) is permitted for the Loans & Advances. The position of Lien Documents must be under the hand of Bank.

Here, Interest Rate of Loans: 14%

2. Mortgage:

· Land

· Building

· Shop

Mortgage value must be higher than the value of Loans. 50% of Mortgage Documents (value) is permitted for the Loans & Advances. The position of Mortgage Documents need not to be under the hand of Bank only legal papers are necessary to be under the hand of Bank.

Here, Interest Rate of Loans: 13%

To get Loans & Advance for the individual client against DPS (Deposit Pension Scheme), FDR (Fixed Deposit Receipt), MBDR (Monthly Benefit Deposit Receipt), DBDR (Double Benefit Deposit Receipt), PSP (Protirakha Sanchoy Patra) etc in favor 3^rd party the papers followings are needed-

• Letter of Agreement
• Letter of Authority
• Demand Promissory Note
• Balance Confirmation Slip
• Letter of Lien and authority for advances of third party’s against Fixed Deposits/ Call Deposits/ Special Deposits or Margin Deposits
• Letter of Continuity
• Memorandum of Deposit of Securities

5.1 GENERAL BANKING:

It is most important side of the bank. Bank is nothing but a middleman between lenders (surplus unit) and borrowers (deficit unit). To provide loan, a bank needs a huge amount of money from the depositors. General banking is the side where banks offer different alternatives to the clients to deposit and remit their money. To encourage the clients, bank offers different options in front of their clients. Most of these options are very much similar between the banks, but the customer services and facilities may not be the same. Every Branch of Every Bank has to maintain the General Banking department. It takes Care of lot of important banking activities mainly collecting the deposits from customers. Rupali Bank Limited, Local Office gas all the required sections of General Banking.

I worked there from 10/05/2010 to 10/08/2010. I not only learnt the practical activity but also helped them to perform their daily affairs.

The Local Office is equipped with the following sections of general banking:

• Account Opening
• Clearing
• Remittance
• Others

5.2 Account Opening Section:

The relationship between the banker and the customer begins with the opening of an account by the customer. Initially all the accounts are opened with a deposit money by the customer and hence these accounts are called deposit account. Usually a person needs to open an account to take services from it. Without opening an account, one can get only a few services from the bank. So the banking begins actually by the opening of an account with a bank.

Formalities maintained for Opening an account:

• Application on the Prescribed Form

The person willing to open a current account with the bank has to make application in the prescribed form. This form must be properly filled up and signed by the applicants.

• Introduction to the Applicant

The applicant also required to furnish in the application form the names of the referees from whom the banker may make inquires regarding the character, integrity and respectability of the applicants. In most cases the introduction is done by the customer of the bank or some other person knows to the bank by signing on the application form with his/ her account number (if any).

• Specimen signature

Every customer is required to supply to his banker with one or more specimens of his/ her signature. These signatures are taken on cards, which are preserved by the banker, and his signature of the account holder on the cheques is compared with the Specimen signatures.

• Opening and operating the account

After the above formalities are over, the banker opens an account in the name of applicant. Generally the minimum amount to be deposited initially is tk 1000/- for opening a current account. Then the bank provides the customer with:

• A pay slip/ deposit book

With a view of facilitate the receipt of credit items paid in by a customer, the bank will provide him/ her pay in slip either loose or in a book forms. The customer has to fill up the pay in slip at the time of depositing the money with the bank. The cashier with his/ her initial and stamps will return the counter foil to the customer on the receipt of the money.

• Cheque Book

To facilitate withdrawals and payments to their parties by the customer, the bank will also provide a cheque book to the customer. But it is noted that to get a cheque book, the customer has to dully fill up the cheque requisition slip to the banker.

Formalities maintained for closing an account

• The customer may inform the bank in writing of his/ her intension to close the account.
• The customer has to apply to the branch in charge for closing the account. Then the in charge will remark on the account closing application for closing the account.
• By drawing a cheque of the whole amount and a nil balance confirmation to be taken from the account holder.
• Recover the unused cheque leaves and enter into the “Broken cheque book register”
• Remove the account opening form, specimen signature card and all other papers relating to the closed account.
• Remarks of account closing at the ledger folio should be authenticated by the manage or supervising officials.

• The banker may itself ask the customer to close the account when the banker finds that the account is not been operated for a long lime.

• It the account is not operated upon for 6 months then the banker will try to do the bilateral communication with the account holder. But if the banker does not get any response from the account holder then the account becomes “dormant” account.

• If the is not the operated upon for 2 years then the account becomes “inoperative” account.

• A new register for unclaimed deposit account will be maintained called “unclaimed deposit account”.

• For withdrawal at any amount from that account, permission from head office or controlling office wins is required.

Generally, there are three types of accounts in our country’s banking system.

1. Current account or Demand Deposit (CD Account)
2. Savings Deposit (SB Account)
3. Fixed or Time Deposit (FDR)
4. Other Types of Deposit

1. Current Account

Current account is purely demand deposit account because the bank is bound to pay the amount to the account holder on demand at any time. It is running and active account, which may be operated upon any number of times during a working day. There is no restriction on the number and the amount of withdrawals from a current account. The special characteristics of a current account are as follows:

• The primary objective of is to serve big customers such as businessmen, joint stock companies, private limited companies, public limited companies etc. from the risk of handling cash by themselves.
• The cost of providing current account facilities is considerable to the bank since they undertake to make payments and collects the bills, drafts, cheques for any number of times in a particular day. The bank therefore does not pay any interest on current deposit while on the other hand some banks charge for incidental charges on such account.
• For opening of a current account minimum deposit of taka 1000/= is required. Introductory reference is also required for opening of such account.

Documentations

1. Proprietorship
   • Up-to-date copy of trade license
   • Introducer of a CD account holder
   • Two copies of passport size photographs of account holder
   • Seal
   • TIN
   • VAT certificate

B. Partnership

1. • Up-to-date copy of trade license
   • Introducer of a CD account holder
   • Two copies of passport size photographs of account holder
   • Photocopy of partnership Deed, notarized by Notary Public
   • Account agreement (MF-06) and letter of partnership (MF-07)
   • Seal
   • TIN
   • VAT certificate

C. Private Limited Company

1. • Up-to-date copy of trade license
   • Two copies of passport size photographs of account holder

· Certified copy of Memorandum and Articles of Association signed and sealed by the managing Director.

· Photocopy of the certified of Incorporation

· List of directors as per return of joint stock company with signature

· Seal of each operating persons

· Particulars of Directors

· Resolution for opening account with the bank

D. Public Limited Company

· Up-to-date copy of trade license

· Two copies of passport size photographs of account holder

· Certified copy of Memorandum and Articles of Association signed and sealed by the managing Director.

· Photocopy of the certified of Incorporation

· Seal of each operating persons

· Particulars of Directors

· Resolution for opening account with the bank

· Certificate of commencement of business

· List of directors as per return of joint stock Company with signature.

E. Societies, clubs, Associations etc

· Up-to-date copy of trade license

· Registration from the concerned authority

· By laws/ rules and regulations duly signed and sealed by chairman

· Resolution for opening account with the bank

· Introducer of a CD account holder

· Seal of each operating persons

2. Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDR)

These are the deposits, which are made with the bank for fixed period specified in advance. It is purely a time deposit account. The bank doesn’t maintain cash reserves against these deposits and therefore the bank offers higher rates of interest on such deposits. At present the rate of interest for fixed deposit Receipt (FDR) in the First Security Bank Limited are as follows:

3. Savings Account

A savings account is meant for the people of the lower and middle classes who wish to save a part of their incomes to meet their future need and intend to earn an income from their savings. It aims to encouraging savings of non trading persons, institutions, society and clubs etc. by depositing small amount of money in the bank. Both the elements of time and demand deposit are present in this account.

Documentations:

• Two copies of passport size photographs of account holder
• Photograph of the nominee
• Introducers reference
• Employer certificate

4. Other types of Deposit Accounts

(a) Short term deposit

It is also a time deposit account. The formalities for opening of this account are to those required for current account. The only difference is that 7 days notice is inquired for withdrawal of any sum and interest is paid.

(b)Savings schemes

To attract depositors and encourage saving Rupali Bank Limited introduced various schemes.

· Monthly Savings Scheme

Objectives

· Building the habit of savings

· Attract small savers

· Saving for rainy days

· Ensure regular income flow

Mode

· Monthly installments of various sizes for a Fixed deposit

Benefits

Lump sum returns after various terms of period

· Monthly Benefit Scheme

Objectives

· Help the retired persons for investing their retirement benefits

· Create investment opportunities for non resident Bangladeshi

· Explore investment opportunities for school, college, university etc

Mode

· Deposit a fixed amount of money, say tk. 50000 or it’s multiply for five years.

Benefits

· A fixed amount of money in every month for five years

· Double deposit scheme

Objectives

· Gives maximum profit

· Help in meeting specific needs like education, marriage etc

Mode

· Deposit a fixed amount of money, say tk. 50000 or it’s multiply for 7 years

Benefits

· After seven years deposited amount will be double

5.3Clearing House:

Clearing house is an assembly of the locally operating scheduled banks for exchange of cheques, drafts, pay orders and other demand instruments drawn on each other and received from their respective customers for collection. The house meets at the appointed hour on all working days under the supervision of two central bank officers or its agent as the case may be, and works within the regulations framed therefore on the basis of prevailing banking practices. In Bangladesh, clearing house sites at Bangladesh Bank where there is no office of the Bangladesh Bank, sonali Bank acts as agent of Bangladesh Bank.

There are mainly two types of banking systems Bangladesh, such as:

• Internal clearing or inter branch clearing or inward clearing
• External clearing or inter banks clearing or outward clearing

5.4Remittance:

Sending money from one place to other places for the customer’s in another important service of banks and this service is an important part of countries payment system. For this service, people specially businessmen transfer funds from one place to another very quickly. There are various types of remitting money, such as:

1. Pay Order (PO)

The pay order is used for making a remittance to the local creditor. Pay Order gives the payee the right to claim payment from the issuing bank. It can be en-cashed from issuing bank only. Unlike cheque, there is no possibility of dishonoring pay order because before issuing pay order bank takes out the money of the pay order in advance. Pay Order can not be endorsed or crossed and so it is not negotiable instrument.

2. Demand Draft (DD)

Demand Draft is an order of issuing bank on another branch of the same bank to pay specified sum of money to the payee on demand that is the named person or order of the demand. It is generally issued when customer wants to remit money in any place, which is out side of the clearing-house area of issuing branch. Payee can be purchaser himself or another mentioned in the DD. It is a negotiable instrument and it can be crossed or not.

3. Telegraphic or Telephonic Transfer (TT)

This method transfers money to one place to another place by telegraphic message. The sender branch will request another branch to pay required money to the required payee on demand. Generally for such kind of transfer payee should have account with the paying bank. Otherwise it is very difficult for the paying bank to recognize the exact payee.

When sending money is urgent then the bank uses telephone for remittance. This service is only provided for valued customers, who is very reliable and with which banks have long standing relationship.

4. Mail Transfer Advice (MTA)

Where the remitter desires the banker to remit the funds to the payee instead of purchasing a draft himself the banker does it through a mail transfer advice. The payee must have an account with the paying office as the amount remitted in such a manner is meant for credit to the payee’s account and not for cash payment. It is the least used technique for transferring fund. Where there is no telex machine or telephone line then this method is used.

5.5 Other Parts of General Banking

Crossing

Crossing cheque is written across the face of the cheque within two parallel lines. This practice becomes common even outside of clearing house, as an element of safety.

Normally two types of cheque used in bank. Such as:

I. Open cheque: A cheque, which capable of being paid over the counter in cash is known as open cheque.

II. Crossed cheque: A cheque, which can only paid to the banker for crediting the proceeds to the amount of its payee.

Purpose of crossing

I. To avoid possible loss that may occur by open cheques getting into the hand of wrong parties.

II. Crossing is a direction to the paying bank to pay the money generally to a bank or a particular bank, so that

III. It can be easily traced out for whose use the money was received.

Forms of crossing

I. General crossing

II. Not negotiable

III. And company and co.

IV. Not transferable

V. Special crossing

Endorsement

An endorsement is the mode of negotiating, a negotiable instrument. According to the section 15 of the Negotiation Instruments Act, 1881, an endorsement is “when the maker or holder of a negotiable instrument sign the same, otherwise then as such maker, for the purpose of negotiation, on the back of face thereof or on a slip of paper annexed there to……he is said to endorse the same and is called the endorser.”

Dispatch

Dispatch includes all correspondence, letter, statements and returns and telegrams. This dispatch is also known as Mail. Dispatch is primarily divided into two categories:

I. Inward: It means what are receives from the outside.

II. Outward: It means what are sent to the outside.

This dispatch also divided into:-

(a) ordinary.

(b) Registered and

(c) Local.

Every correspondence should have an office copy and one additional copy is also retained in the Master file of the office.

5.6 INTEREST RATES:

6.1 CREDIT FACILITIES:

General Credit Line and Programme

• Rupali Bank Ltd. extends credit facility to almost every sector of the country’s economic activities.

• Main focus of Rupali Bank Credit programme is on financing trade and commerce, business and industry having productive purpose.

• Credit facilities are also offered to international trade and business, export and import.

• Credit Programme of the Bank also covers development of rural economic activities like agriculture and livestock, diary and poultry, fishing and hatchery etc.

• Loan is provided to thrust sectors declared by the government at a concessional terms.

• Lending programmes are operated as per guideline of Bangladesh Bank (the central bank of the country) through an effective lending policy and procedure of the Bank.

• Lending policy of the Bank ensures quick processing, sanctioning and disbursement of loan in all viable sectors.

6.2 Rural credit program:

Bangladesh is mainly a land of agriculture. A vast majority of our people live in the rural areas and their main source of income is agriculture and agro-business. To produce agricultural output, promote agro-business, facilitate agro-based services, create and sustain employment opportunities, Rupali Bank Ltd. is disbursing agricultural loan/rural credit through its 401 branches all over the country. ::Sectors of Financing:: Rupali Bank Ltd. extends credit to the following rural sectors:

6.3 INVESTMENT BANKING

Rupali Bank Ltd. presently roaming in the following areas of investment:. i) Bangladesh Government Securities/Bonds. ii) Treasury Bills. iii) Grameen Bank Bonds. iv) Debentures of government and semi-government organizations & Public Limited Companies. v) Shares of listed companies.

6.4 INDUSTRIAL FINANCING:

In order to support the development of industrial sector of the country through active participation of private and direct foreign investment, Rupali bank Ltd. has taken appropriate programmes as per Industrial Policy of the Government. The loan portfolio of the Bank includes sizeable investment of fund towards development of thrust industrial sectors like Textile, Jute, Leather, Leather goods, Frozen and semi cooked Shrimps, Footwear, Knit Garments and other small and medium enterprises.

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