bank drafts

(noun)

A check guaranteed by a bank.

Related Terms

  • Certificate of Deposit

Examples of bank drafts in the following topics:

  • Types of Cash

    • Types of cash include currency, funds in bank accounts, and non-risky financial instruments that are readily convertible to cash.
    • Cash and cash equivalents are not just the amount of currency that a business has in its cash registers and bank accounts; they also include several different types of financial instruments.
    • Cash equivalents include all undeposited negotiable instruments (such as checks), bank drafts, money orders and certain certificates of deposit.
    • A certificate of deposit, or CD, is a financial product offered by banks to their customers.
    • As a result, demand CDs generally have lower interest rates than CDs that allow the bank to hold onto the money for an agreed upon term.
  • Economic Booms and Busts

    • The suspension of the obligation to back transactions with hard currency spurred the establishment of new banks and the expansion of bank note issues .
    • In May 1837, banks began to accept payment only in specie, forcing a dramatic, deflationary backlash.
    • Run on the Seamen's Savings' Bank during the Panic of 1857
    • Bank runs, in which patrons remove all of their funds from a failing bank, were common features of early banking panics in the U.S.
    • The widespread use of bank notes contributed to the economic crises of 1819 and 1837.
  • Types of Currency

    • Banks have the legal obligation to return funds held in demand deposits immediately upon demand (or "at call").
    • Demand deposit withdrawals can be performed in person, via checks or bank drafts, using automatic teller machines (ATMs), or through online banking.
    • Commercial bank money is created through fractional-reserve banking, which is the banking practice where banks keep only a fraction of their deposits in reserve (as cash and other highly liquid assets).
    • Commercial bank money differs from commodity and fiat money in two ways.
    • Fiat, Commodity, and Commercial Bank money are three main types of money
  • Industrial Growth

    • In 1863 and 1864, a national bank code was drafted.
  • Banking and Finance Reform

    • At the beginning of the Great Depression, the economy was destabilized by bank failures, brought on by bank runs.
    • Roosevelt declared a bank holiday, suspending all bank operations in order to prevent bank runs.
    • On March 9, Roosevelt sent to Congress the Emergency Banking Act, drafted in large part by Hoover's top advisors.
    • By the end of 1933, 4,004 small local banks were permanently closed and merged into larger banks.
    • As the banks reopened, billions of dollars in hoarded currency and gold flowed back into the banks within a month, thus stabilizing the banking system.
  • Hamilton's Economic Policy

    • In Hamilton's "Second Report on the Public Credit," submitted to Congress in 1790, he recommended the chartering of a national bank, modeled on the Bank of England.
    • Hamilton's proposed national bank would function purely as a depository for federal funds, rather than as a lending bank.
    • After reading Hamilton's defense of the National Bank Act, Washington signed the bill into law.
    • In his reports, Hamilton also helped draft proposals for the U.S.
    • Mint, encouraged the development of American manufacturing, and drafted an elaborate system of duties, tariffs, and excises.
  • Step 4: Drafting

  • The Rough Draft Outline

    • Rough draft outlines serve as a precursor to the speech's rough draft and help organize the speakers' ideas into a cohesive topic.
    • Creating rough draft outlines—i.e., an outline that serves as a precursor to the speech's rough draft—often helps organize and structure speakers' ideas into a cohesive and definitive topic.
    • Rough draft outlines are not always necessary and may even be viewed as redundant.
    • Prior to starting the rough draft outline, some research should be completed.
    • Describe the role and different components of a rough draft outline
  • A Bank Failure

    • A bank failure is a bank develops financial problems and fails.
    • Moreover, the bank could sell loans to other banks.
    • Bank borrows the funds from the central bank or from another commercial bank.
    • How does a bank prevent a bank failure?
    • Your bank could ask other banks for a loan, but other banks may decline if they believe your bank will fail.
  • Online Direct Banks

    • A direct bank is a bank without any branch network.
    • Direct banks were originally based on providing banking services via telephone.
    • Upon realizing this, traditional banks began to offer limited online banking services.
    • The initial success of internet banking services provided by traditional banks led to the development of internet-only banks or "virtual banks. " These banks were designed without a traditional banking infrastructure, a cost-saving feature that allowed many of them to offer savings accounts with higher interest rates and loans with lower interest rates than most traditional banks.
    • One of the first fully functional direct banks in the United States was the Security First Network Bank (SFNB).
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