What are Online Payment Companies? Online payment companies are responsible for handling online or internet-based methods of payment. The online payment systems allow the seller to accept payments and the buyer to send payments over the internet. Examples of online payment companies include PayPal, Alipay, WeChat Pay, Paytm, Google Pay, and Apple Pay. Online Payment…
What is Participative Budgeting? Participative budgeting is a budgeting process in which the people who are in the lower levels of management are involved in the budget preparation process. Unlike the imposed budgeting process, participative budgeting shares the responsibility with lower-level managers to give them a sense of ownership in the business. Participative budgeting also…
What is a Back Charge? A back charge is a bill sent for an expense that occurred at a previous time. Some of the reasons why such a charge may occur include collecting payment on a good/service that wasn’t paid before or correction of a bill that included an incorrect expense. Back charges should be…
What is the Financial Stability Board (FSB)? The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is a global organization that regulates and makes recommendations regarding the global financial system. The FSB’s creation came after the G20 Summit in London in April 2009. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, the board includes all G20 major economies. Germany’s Dietrich Domanski is the…
Lehman Brothers – A Fall from Grace Lehman Brothers’ stock was selling at $86 a share in February 2007, giving the company a market capitalization of nearly $60 billion. For the year, the company reported a new record high in net income, over $4 billion. In January 2008, Lehman Brothers was the fourth-largest investment bank…
What is Funding Liquidity Risk? Funding liquidity risk refers to the risk that a company will not be able to meet its short-term financial obligations when due. In other words, funding liquidity risk is the risk that a company will not be able to settle its current outstanding bills. Understanding Liquidity Liquidity is defined as…
What are Carry Benefits? Carry benefits is the term used to describe a situation where the benefits gained from holding an asset – such as interest payments or dividends – exceed the costs associated with holding on to the asset, such as storage or financing costs. It is the exact opposite of cost of carry,…
What is Basel I? Basel I refers to a set of international banking regulations created by the Basel Committee on Bank Supervision (BCBS), which is based in Basel, Switzerland. The committee defines the minimum capital requirements for financial institutions, with the primary goal of minimizing credit risk. Basel I is the first set of regulations…
What is Loan Servicing? Loan servicing is the way a finance company (a lender) goes about collecting principal, interest, and escrow payments that are due or overdue. The practice deals with all types of loans; however, mortgages are the most common. Mortgages are frequently backed by the government or an affiliated agency (a government-sponsored entity…
What is an Annual Credit Review? An annual credit review is a review process that lenders conduct on current accounts with outstanding credit. Creditors, such as banks, credit bureaus, and financial services companies conduct assessments on both individual and corporate customers to assess their risk level and their ability to continually honor outstanding credit obligations….
