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    Chapter 1

    BRIEF HISTORY

    A banker is described as a person transacting the business of accepting for the purpose

    Of lending or investment of deposits of money from the public, repayable on demand or

    Otherwise and withdraw-able by cheque, draft order.

    On 14th August 1947, 487 branches of different banks were operating in Pakistan. By

    30th June, 1948, 282 branches winded up their business in Pakistan and the remaining

    205 branches restricted their banking operations to a minimum level. The only bank,

    Which shifted its head office from Bombay to Karachi, was the Habib Bank Limited.

    Muslim Commercial Bank with the assistance of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah,

    Started operating in July 9, 1947 with an Authorized capital of Rs. 3 crores. Indo-Pak

    Subcontinent, the Bank moved to Dhaka from where it commenced its business in August

    1948. And in 1956 the bank shifted its head office to Karachi, where it is still working.

    In 1948 Ms. Ispahanani and Mr. Abdul Hameed Adamjee purchased the bank. At that

    Time the bank showed a historical performance and profit.

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    PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:

    The main reason for conducting this study is that it is a mandatory requirement for the

    award of bachelors degree in Business Administration at agricultural University

    Peshawar. Its purpose includes:

    1. To gather relevant information about MCB Bank Ltd.

    2. To observe, analyze and interpret the relevant data.

    3. To work in an organization for gaining practical experience.

    4. To develop interpersonal communication skill.

    PRIMARY DATA:

    The sources used for the primary data collection are as follows:

    1. Personal observations

    2. Formal interviews with bank officers

    3. Informal discussions with the concerned officers of the functional departments.

    SECONDARY DATA:

    The sources for secondary data used are as follows:

    1. Annual reports of the bank

    2. Manuals prepared by the banks for different purposes

    2. Magazines and Journals.

    NATIONALIZATION:

    In 1974 the government felt a harsh need of nationalization of banks and financial

    Institution and the nationalization act was introduced. Under this act, Muslim

    Commercial Bank was the first bank, which was nationalized. In the same year

    Premier Bank was merged with MCB and it started work as a government bank.

    PRIVATIZATION:

    All the financial institutions and banks did not show good performance after

    Nationalization, and again the government felt a big need to privatize these banks. In

    1991 the bank was privatized again.

    MISSION:

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    To become the preferred provider of quality financial services in the country with

    profitability and responsibility and to be the best place to work.

    OBJECTIVES OF MCB:

    Every organization is established to accomplish certain objectives. The main

    objectives of the MCB include:

    Improved Customer Service.

    Quick Disposal of Credit Claims.

    Efficient operation of the officers in co-operative environment.

    Communication with other branches.

    Controlling officers.

    COMMUNAL SERVICES:

    For the purpose of building high image in the community, the subject bank has

    contributed two crore rupees during 1997 for plantation in the country. It is providing free

    services to the charitable organization such as Edhi Trust, Shaukat Khanum Memorial

    Trust. Similarly it also sponsors recreational activities such as sports and refreshment.

    Programs have been sponsored during the recent past.

    PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT:

    Unemployment is our national problem. The bank is playing a very useful role to

    tackle it. MCB have a vast network of 1300 branches, with a staff of round about 16,000

    people working in it.

    MODERNIZATION OF BRANCHES:In order to attract the customer, huge expenditures were incurred on computerization

    of branches. In addition to telex and fax, the SWIFT system has been installed at

    particular branches for the sake of fast and less expensive communication throughout the

    SWIFT member countries. This is the sole privilege of MCB in our country. Further to it

    Auto teller Machines (ATM) has been installed at specific branches to ease the payment

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    procedure for the customers.

    LAUNCHING OF NEW PRODUCTS:

    MCB research development has also excelled the other competitors by offering

    some very special products, exactly in line with the needs of different classes of

    customers. Example is Rupee Travelers Cheque (RTC), Capital growth Certificate, PLS

    365 Accounts, Mahana Khushali Scheme etc.

    DECENTRALIZATION OF AUTHORITY:

    In order to avoid the unnecessary delay in decision making, MCB has adopted the

    policy of decentralization, where the General Manager, the Regional Manager and the

    Branch Manager have been empowered by the Head Office to make some important

    decision within the limit of their respective powers. This way a lot of problems faced by

    MCB customers are solved at the grass root level without referring it to the Head Office

    Karachi. Ultimately customers problems are solved well in time, which has resulted in

    tremendous growth of the bank in all aspects.

    EFFECTIVE USE OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA:

    For the first time in the banking history of Pakistan a very effective campaign was

    launched on TV, Radio, reputed newspapers, journals, bills etc. MCB changed its

    monogram, after a long trial of selection. Impressive slogans were developed, very

    modern and attractive ads were presented to the general public. Above all, the services of

    electronic media were hired in the prime time and the messages were repeated over and

    over again. As that was a take off point for MCB, therefore, very heavy expenditures

    were incurred, on development and repetition of some very useful and attractive

    advertisements.

    COMPATIBLE PACKAGE:

    After privatization the staff salaries have been revised three times. The first time

    was 35% , the second was 32%, and the last one was 20%. Now on the aggregate the

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    MCB worker is getting the most competitive salary and benefit package.

    Chapter 2

    BRANCH NETWORK

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    MCB is a huge organization, having branch network throughout the country. From

    management point of view the branches are grouped under regions, and regions under

    circles.

    22 circles are working under which there were 50 regions and 1326 branches

    through out the country and five branches are working abroad.

    Province wise:

    Province No. Of Branches

    Punjab 584

    Sindh 211

    N.W.F.P 105

    Balochistan 34

    Azad Jammu Kashmir 8

    Domestic Total 942

    Overseas 5

    Total 947

    DIVISIONS OF MCB

    Agriculture Division

    General Services Division

    Special Assets Management Group

    Business Development and Marketing Division

    HRD Division

    RTC and Master Card Division

    Central Accounts Division

    Industrial Credit Division

    O & M Division

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    Corporate Affairs Division

    Information Management

    Legal Affairs Division

    Credit Management DivisionInspection and Audit Division

    Islamization Division

    Finance and Treasury Division

    Investment Banking Group

    International Division

    Training Division

    Foreign Trade and Exchange Operation Division.

    ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

    MCB is a very large and complicated organization having many divisions,

    branches, and administrative offices all over the country and outside the country. So it has

    no specific organizational structure, we can make so many structures on different basis

    which are given below;

    On the basis of Geographical Locations.

    On the basis of Executives.

    Span of Control

    MCB is a very large organization with many branches in different areas of the

    country and different divisions under the Head Office. So it is managed through broad

    span of control with decentralization of authority. All the Executives, including Senior

    Executive Vice Presidents (SEVP`s), General Managers (GM`s), Regional Managers

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    (RM`s), Vice Presidents (VP`s), and Branch Managers are delegated with a certain

    amounts of authority.

    But still many decisions of small importance, are made by Top Management for

    control purposes. So there is a mix of centralized and decentralized authority in this

    respect.

    GENERAL BANKING

    ACCEPTANCE OF DEPOSITS

    There are two basic principles of banking, first deposits and secondly advances.

    Deposits play a pivotal role in commercial banking. In deposits it could be initiated by

    the cash pay in slip when a customer enter into the bank he will fill up the pay in slip for

    which he must have an account to enter into a valid contract, which is called customer

    banker relationship. This contract could be launched of on opening job account.

    OPENING OF AN ACCOUNT:-

    The banking history is reputed with various instances of fraud due to incorrect

    opening of account. Therefore, the branch manager and other officer had to taken care

    and exercised required precautions at the time of opening of account. At the time of

    opening of account, officers and manager should tactfully obtain as much information as

    possible about the character and integrity of the person. His / her correct name, address

    and occupation. This infect will be the only opportunity when they will be able to talk to

    prospective customer in the friendly and frank atmosphere. The customer can be

    classified as follows:-

    I. Individuals.II. Partnership firms.

    III. Joint stock companies.

    IV. Agents.

    IV. Societies and associations.

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    For opening of account, the person should meet the following requirements.

    He / She should be a major one.

    He / She should have attained the age of 18 and having allotted NIC No.

    He / She should be a sane person i.e. He / She should understand the terms and

    conditions of the contract.

    He / She must not be a bankrupt and his / her liabilities should not exceed than that of

    the assets declared by him / her.

    CLASSIFICATION OF DEPOSITS:-

    Deposits can be classified in the following way:-

    1. Current Deposits.

    2. PLS Deposits.

    1. CURRENT DEPOSITS:-

    These are those kinds of deposits which are not remunerative in nature i.e. no

    profit is given on these deposits.

    There is no limit on withdrawal within the banking hours customer can present

    number of cheque. Every type of customer meeting the conditions of account opening can

    open these accounts.

    2. PLS DEPOSITS:- (profit and loss sharing)

    These are called remunerative deposits i.e. profit paying; to these account holder

    profit is paid.

    SCHEMES OFFERED BY MCB

    To inculcate the habit of saving among the people and public, MCB has

    introduced remunerative schemes, which include;

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    1. Khushali Bachat Account:-

    As the name indicates, this scheme has been started to encourage savings.

    The main features of this account are;

    Introduced for the first time in Pakistan.

    8 % rate of return is given per annum.

    Return are calculated on daily product basis and paid half yearly.

    It provides the facility of helping the account holders to pay utility bills (electricity,

    telephone and gas) through their accounts, without making any queues and delay.

    2. Mahana Khushali Scheme:-

    MCB has introduced this scheme to encourage investment by paying profit month after

    month.

    The salient features of this scheme are:-

    Khushali certificate can be purchased by individuals (singly or jointly), by the

    proprietorship / partnership concerns or companies etc. in their name.

    Minimum amount of investment shall be 10,000 and maximum amount can be

    1,000,000.

    The Khushali certificate will be of five years maturity.

    14. 70 % per annum profit is paid monthly. It is reviewed in 6 months.

    DEDUCTION OF TAXES AN ZAKAT FROM PROFITS:

    At the time of payment of deposits amount including profits, either on maturity or before

    Maturity, the amount of withholding Tax and Zakat wherever applicable, will be

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    deducted in the prescribed manner.

    Chapter 3

    Cash Department

    Cash department performs the following functions.

    a. receipts

    b. payments

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    a. RECEIPTS

    The money will either come in or go out of the bank. Its record should be kept.

    Cash department performs all these functions. The deposits of all customers of the bank

    are controlled by means of ledger account. Every customer has his own ledger account

    and separate ledger cards.

    b. PAYMENTS

    Payments made by cash department can be easily explained under the following

    headings.

    CHEQUES

    Check is defined as a written order of a depositor upon a bank to pay to order of a

    designated party of to the bearer, a specified sum of money on demand.

    KINDS OF CHECKS

    1. BEARER CHEQUESIt is cashable at counter of the bank, this check can also be collected through

    clearing.

    2. ORDER CHEQUES

    It is also cashable at the counter but its holder must satisfy the banker that he is

    the proper man to collect the payment of the check and he has to show his identity

    through an account holder of the bank. It can also be collected through clearing.

    3. CROSS CHEQUES

    It is not cashable at the counter; it can only be credit to the payees account. If

    there are persons having accounts at the same bank, one of the accountholders

    issues a cross check in favor of the other, this check will be credited to the

    account of the person to whom check was issued and debited from the account of

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    the person who issues the check.

    ISSUING A CHEQUEKBOOK

    One of the functions of account opening department is to issue the check books. When

    any customer applies for a new checkbook he has to present the checkbook issue

    requisition slip with his two signatures to the officer concerned, the officer will verify the

    signature and on the verification of signature, the checkbook is issued.

    The saving account (PLS) checkbook consists of 10 pages while the current

    account consists if 20, 50, of 100 pages. An excise duty of Rs. 2 per leaf is charged.

    MCB RUPEES TRAVELERS CHECK (RTC)

    RTCs are used only in Pakistan. These are as good as cash because with RTC one

    has the power to purchase and a feeling of security as well.

    RTCs are acceptable at major shops, travel agents, hotels, business establishments

    and all MCB branches. One does not have to be a MCB account holder for purchasing

    RTCs.

    RTCs are a safe and convenient way to conduct every day business. The person

    goes to MCB branch and asks for the issuance of RTC. Then he deposits the money on

    cash counter and provides the receipt to RTC officer. He issues RTC in his name stamp.

    The buyer must sign the checks because if blank checks are lost, he will lose protection.

    RTCs are in two different denominations i.e. Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 50,000 per leaf.

    One can purchase RTC of Rs.50, 000 at maximum at one time from one branch. RTC

    should be counter signed on the space provided in check only at the time of encashment

    and in the presence of the officer of ecashing branch.

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    MAIL TRANSFER

    When a customer requests the bank to transfer his money from this bank to any other

    bank or the branch of some other bank in the city, outside the city or outside the country,

    the first thing he had to do is to fill an application form. In which he states that I want to

    transfer the money from this bank to that bank by mail. If the customer is the account

    holder of the bank, it will debit his account and the concerned officer will fill the six

    different forms to make the transfer complete. The five forms used for this purpose are

    listed below:

    1 Branch mail transfer form.

    2 Issuing branch register copy.

    3 Debit voucher.

    4 Beneficiarys advice

    5 Advice to customer.

    If the customer is not the account holder of this bank, then firstly, he has to deposit

    the money and then above procedure will adopted to transfer his money.

    DEMAND DRAFT

    Demand draft is another way of transfer of money from one bank to another bank. Unlike

    pay order, a form is required to be filled for the issuance of the demand draft in which

    necessary particulars about the beneficiary and the sender are given. The sender deposits

    the amount of DD plus commission and other charges on the bank counter, from where he

    is given a receipt and in accordance with this receipt he is issues a demand draft.

    After issuing the DD, the remittance department sends credit advice to the branch

    to which the DD is sent, when the responsible branch receives the DD from the

    originating branch, they credit it, and when the DD comes for clearing they debit the

    account.

    MCB deals with two types of DDs.

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    1. OPEN DD :

    Open DD is one which is payable directly at the counter and there is no need of

    crediting it to the account.

    2. CROSS DD :

    Cross DD is one which is paid through account. The amount of the DD is credited

    to the favoring account and then he can transact in ordinary way through check.

    DD charges in MCB vary proportionately with the amount of DD. In MCB

    different charges of DD in Pak Rupees are as follows:

    Up to 10,000 is 15%

    From 10,000 to 100,000 is 11%

    From 100,000 to 500,000 is 0.5%

    In addition to above charges a fixed excise duty of Rs. 2 per draft is charged.

    TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER (TT).

    With the changing requirements of customers, MCB has introduced a faster mode

    of transfer of money. Like DD the sender is required to apply through a form in which he

    will give all the necessary details about the sender and the beneficiary. The sender

    deposits the amount of DD plus commission and other charges on the bank counter, from

    where he is given a receipt, the remittance officials send a telegram to the concerned

    branch and they make payment to the customer. Vouchers are sent by ordinary mail to

    keep the record. On TT, no excise duty is charged only commission and telegram charges

    are charged

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    Chapter 4

    INTRODUCTION TO ADVANCES

    Credit extension is the most important activity for all financial institutions, because it is

    The main source of earning. However, at the same time, it is a very dangerous task

    Because of the risks. Now it is quite clear that risks cannot be eliminated but certainly be

    minimized largely with certain techniques.

    In order to reap the full advantages of credit and to make good decisions, the following

    aspects must be given due consideration.

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    A. QUALITIES OF GOOD BORROWERS:-

    A good borrower is also a good depositor, therefore, in order to conduct our test

    we must analyze the 7 Cs qualities before extending credit, which are as follows.

    1. Character of the borrower:-

    An individual has two types of character.

    A. Moral character:-

    We must certify whether the borrower is morally sound or not. For example, we

    must know whether he is a drinker, or is he a liar etc. A good borrower must have sound

    moral character.

    B. Commercial Character:-

    Here we look upon his dealings with the financial institutions of a business

    community. We guess the character of individual from his family background, his social

    community and from open market. In case of old customers, the record of

    accomplishment will guide us in the matter. Thus we may add that the sobriety, the

    promptness of payment, good habits and personality. The ability and willingness to carry

    a project from beginning to the end and reputation of the people, with whom he deals,

    will go to make the character of a customer.

    2. Capacity:-

    It is the ability to meet obligations when due, secondly we must see whether, the

    individual or business entity is having the borrowing capacity i.e. the individual is not a

    minor and in case of Limited Companies, the memorandum and articles of association

    allows the directors to borrows.

    Further to it, technical capacity should also be assessed.

    3. Capital:-

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    Capital is necessary because it is the main shock-absorbing portion of a business;

    secondly it compels the businessman to make all out efforts for success of the business.

    The capital should be adequate i.e. neither it should be more than his requirement to

    avoid the wastage of it, nor it should be less, otherwise he will not be able to run the

    business on full scale. In case of under utilized capacity, there will be less profit and

    consequently low repayment ability.

    4. Condition:-

    Both economic and political conditions of the country must be heeded upon. In

    case of bad economic condition of the industry, such as textile industry, financing will be

    very risky and similar is the case of political conditions. In case of adverse economic and

    political condition, the chances of recovery will be remote.

    5. Collateral:-

    Collateral security is essential because in the case of failure of our above-cited

    techniques, due to uncertain conditions, the bank will resort to the collateral securities,

    held against for realization of their outstanding.

    6. Country Risk:-

    If there is political uncertainty, a war has broken in the country then realization of

    loans will be difficult.

    7. Currency Risk:-

    It should be wise to consider fluctuation of currency i.e. whether the subject

    currency will appreciate or depreciate.

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    B. QUALITIES OF GOOD LENDING

    An advance may be good or bad. However, a good lending must have the

    following qualities.

    i. Safety:-

    Safe lending is most essential. In case we make the decision purely on merit basis,

    then our lending will possess high degree of safety and the risks will be minimized to

    the least possible level.

    ii. Liquidity:-

    Shorter the period of advance more liquid it will be consequently the risk of default

    will be minimum. Thus, working capital finances are more liquid then term loans.

    iii. Dispersal:-

    It will be highly advisable to diversify your risk by making different types of

    industries and clients instead of one kind of customer. In such case, your risk will be

    spread over several sectors and in case of failure of one sector; the bank will not be

    faced with disaster.

    PROCEDURE OF APPLYING FOR LOAN

    In MCB procedure for obtaining loan is:

    Any customer who applies for loan he/she should have an account (usually

    current account) with the MCB branch concerned. That account should be in running

    position because when applying for a loan, the branch prepares a proposal of his account.

    That proposal is sent to General Manager Office for necessary action.

    If limit comes under discretionary power of General Manager then he / she may

    approve. If it is above the limit of GM Office it is sent to Credit Management Division of

    Head Office. If the amount is above the power of Credit Manager Division then president

    of MCB, decides the case.

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    When the approval comes, bank gives terms and conditions to the party. The

    customer completes his documents and papers, required in approval letter.

    The bank does not advance 100 % loan against a security. Rather a 30 % margin is

    deducted from all the loans.

    The borrower has to provide some important documents i.e.

    a) Two personal guarantees.

    b) Charge forms.

    c) Confidential Report.

    d) NIB non-interest Banking.

    Charge forms are taken from party, if it turns bankrupt; the bank goes to court of law

    where this agreement helps. It is a printed and prescribed agreement. There are several

    types of charge forms in MCB i.e.

    IB6 A for term loan.

    IB6 A When loans are given to employee of some organization.

    IB12 Promissory Notes.

    IB25 This is letter of hypothecatio

    Staff Loans

    The staff of MCB is provided different types of loans to maintain high levels of living

    standards. Following types of loans are provided to the staff members:-

    1. House building.

    2. Car loan.

    3. Motor cycle loan.

    4. Advance against provident fund balance.

    5. Advance against four basic salaries.

    6. Flood loans.

    1. House Building loan.

    It is for all employees against mortgage of property after completion of three

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    years of service. For clerical and non-clerical, it is free of interest. Where as for the

    officers it is free of interest up to four hundred thousand where as for the rest of a mark

    up at the rate 10 % is charged.

    2. Car loan.

    It is only allowed for the officers of the band. For a total amount of 180,000, at

    the mark up of 10 %.

    3. Motorcycle loan.

    It is provided to all employees of the bank. The maximum amount of this loan is

    55,000 and is free of interest.

    4. Advance against provident fund.

    It is provided to all employees against there 80 % of provident fund balance. It is

    deducted every month. It is repayable within five years. The rate of interest is 10 %.

    5. Advance against four basic salaries.

    It is provided to the clerical and non-clerical staff and is repayable in one year.

    The interest rate is 6% per annum.

    6. Flood loans.

    This facility is provided to the employees from scale 1 to scale 7 and to officer of

    Grade 1 to Grade 3 whose house or property is damaged by rain. The amount of during

    1996 was up to 20,000 rupees. It is interest free. It is deducted directly from the salary

    from the equal monthly installment.

    GUARANTEE

    A guarantee is an under taking by a person to discharge the liability of another if

    and only if the letters fails to meet it in himself. It is a personal liability arising upon

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    promissory note.

    Guarantee means when third party assumes the liability for repayment of loan.

    . This facility is provided by the bank, that some times any government or party working

    in private sector needs a bank guarantee for the purpose that if the party defaults the bank

    will pay.

    In guarantee there are three main characters, these are

    1. Principal: the person who is taking loan.

    2. Financial Institution: it gives loan can also be called tender or creditor.

    3. Guarantor: it gives surety about repayment of loan for the principal.

    There are two types of contract in guarantee. One is between principal and financial

    institution which is a legal agreement binding by law. Second, one is between the

    financial institution and the guarantor. Guarantor responsibility is primary when the

    principal debtor commits default.

    INDEMNITY

    It is a contract when a person by himself makes a commitment to save the other party

    from any sort of loss caused to him by his acts or acts of other people. In this case, twoparties are involved that is financial institution and indemnifier. When a bank is providing

    the guarantee facilities, they require a counter guarantee from the applicant and this

    guarantee for safeguarding the interest of the bank. The counter guarantee provided to the

    bank from the applicant is in the form of undertaking. If the applicant defaults, the bank

    starts legal procedures. However, if the applicant is applying for a guarantee of one

    hundred thousand. Rupees and deposits a margin of the same amount. Then there is no

    need of the legal procedures.

    All the long funds based facilities in the end are considered as the fund based facilities.

    0.4% per quarter commission for all type of guarantee issued in favor of different

    departments except collection of customers where the rate of commission is 0.6% per

    quarter. All the guarantees are issued for one year but where guarantee issued in favor of

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    SNGPL (Sui Northern Gas Pak Ltd) is for two years.

    Chapter 5

    FOREIGN EXCHANGE

    There is not a single country in the world, which is self-sufficient. There is constant

    inflow and outflow of goods and services from one country to another. When goods and

    services are exported to another country, the money is to be received from foreigners, and

    when they are imported, money is to be paid to them. The receiving or making payments

    to person, firm or government in foreign countries involves many problems. First, the

    transfer of the means of payments across national boundaries. Second the conversion of

    one country into that of another country. The problems of international payments would

    not have so diversified if there has been only one common currency acceptable in all

    countries of the world. As every country has its own measure of value; U.K., its pound,

    Germany its Mark, Japan its Yen, America its Dollar, Pakistan its Rupee, etc., so currency

    of one country is not legal tender in other countries. Thus the problem of the conversion

    of the currency of one country into that of other has arisen.

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    IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE

    Foreign exchange reserves show the financial strength and the stage of development

    of the economy.

    The acceptance of currency at a predetermined rate makes the international trade easy.

    The foreign exchange balances of a country directly affect the rates of exchange. A

    hard currency nation has stability in foreign exchange rate.

    FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET

    A foreign exchange market is a place where foreign exchange transactions takeplace. In words of Kindle Berger, foreign exchange market is a place where foreign

    moneys are bought and sold. It is a part of money market in financial centers. In

    Pakistan there is no foreign exchange market as defined above. Here the most important

    component of foreign exchange market is Central Bank of the country or its authorized

    dealers. All exporters are required to surrender the foreign exchange earnings to the

    Central Bank of its authorized dealers within the specified period and then receive local

    currency in exchange of that. Similarly the importers have to pay for the imported goods.

    They can get the foreign exchange from the Central Bank or its authorized dealers for

    making payments to the exporter.

    SECURED ADVANCES: TYPES OF SECURITIES

    STOCK EXCHANGE SECURITIES:

    Stock exchange securities include all securities issued by public and private

    enterprises, public authorities and Governments. Banker generally considers stock

    exchange securities as acceptable securities for advancing money. In case of

    necessity, such securities can be realized without much difficulty, and it is

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    comparatively easy to ascertain the value of most stock exchange securities.

    Similarly, it is easy to determine their title. Above all, some of these securities are

    fully negotiable.

    NEGOTIABLE SECURITIES:

    There are certain stock exchange securities which are considered fully negotiable.

    According to the Negotiable Instruments Act, a negotiable instrument mean a promissory

    note, bill of exchange or Cheques payable, either to order or bearer. In addition, certain

    other instruments are considered negotiable instruments by mercantile custom judicially

    recognized. Securities like bonds payable to bearer, share warrants, debentures payable to

    bearer, etc are treated a negotiable securities.

    Financial statements

    Balance Sheet

    Assets 2008 2007

    Cash and balances with treasury banks 39,631,219 39,683,883

    Balances with other banks 4,106,526 3,867,591Lending to financial institutions 4,100,079 1,051,372

    Investments net 97,790,391 115,358,590

    Advances net 262,508,830 218,959,786

    Operating fixed assets 17,320,485 16,082,781

    Other assets net 19,828,228 17,896,838

    Total assets: 445,285,758 412,900,841

    Liabilities

    Bills payable 10,551,468 10,479,058

    Borrowings 22,663,840 39,406,831

    Deposits and other accounts 330,245,080 292,088,347

    Sub-ordinate loan - 479,232

    Deferred tax liabilities net 440,295 1,183,586

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    Other liabilities 21,252,942 11,716,465

    Total liabilities 385,153,625 355,353,519

    Represented by:

    Share capital 6,282,768 6,282,768

    Reserves 36,772,321 34,000,927

    Inappropriate profit 11,065,723 7,054,472

    Minority interest 69 63

    Surplus on revaluation of assets 6,011,252 10,209,092

    Total owners equity 601, 32133 57,547,322

    445,285,758 412,900,841

    Profit and Loss Account:

    2008 2007

    Mark-up / return / interest earned 40,049,505 31,791,754

    Mark-up / return / interest expensed 11,592,922 7,858,819

    Net mark-up / interest income 28,456,583 23,932,935

    Non-mark-up / interest income

    Fee, commission and brokerage income 2,878,663 2,772,615

    Income earned as trustee to various funds 21,867 5,859

    Dividend income 451,312 535,813

    Income from dealing in foreign currencies 727,564 693,408

    Gain on sale of securities net 748,139 1,507,610

    Unrealized loss on revaluation of investments

    Classified as held for trading (99,531) (3,329)

    Other income net 1,201,834 1,002,160

    Total non-mark-up / interest income 59, 298,48 6,514,136

    34,386,431 30,447,071

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    Non-mark-up / interest expenses

    Administrative expenses 7,580,302 5,440,305

    Other provisions 10,120 (3,743)

    Other charges 920,991 642,780

    Total non-mark-up / interest expenses 8,511,413 6,079,342

    Profit before taxation 25,875,018 24,367,729

    Taxation - Current year 7,387,345 6,463,560

    Profit after taxation 18,487,673 17,904,169

    Chapter 6

    COMPARISON IN AUTO FINANCE

    BANK AL FALAH VS MCB

    Bank al falah has emerged as one of the leading commercial banks in the financial sectors

    of Pakistan. Charged with the strength of Abu Dhabi consortium the bank has already

    made signifying contribution in building and strengthening both the corporate and retail

    banking sector in Pakistan

    Designing our product portfolio in response to our customers preferences, our products

    like Royal Profit, Royal Patriot, Royal custodial, al Falah car financing Royal personal

    finance, AL Falah Rupee Travelers Cheques and AL Falah Home Loan are prime

    examples of quality innovation, providing timely banking opportunities to our customers.

    Product:

    Al Falah Car Financing Scheme.

    Eligibility:

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    1 Pakistani national identity card holder.

    2 Over 20 years of age (max 60years in case of salaried and 62 in case of a

    business person at the time of maturity of loan).

    3 Salaried, businessman or self-Employed.

    Available cars:

    A brand new Pakistani assembled/manufactured car (unregistered).

    Required documents with application form:

    1 Our representative will discuss the documents you are required to submit in

    detail. An indicative list is given below

    2 Two passport size photographs.

    3 Copy of N-I-C.

    4 Bank statement for the last six months,

    5 Salary certificate (in English) specifying the name, date of joining,

    designation and salary details (for salaried individual).

    6 Business proof (for the business person).

    7 Current utility bill of your residence in Pakistan.

    8 Copy of NIC card of the co-borrower (if the car is to be in the name of the

    co-borrower).

    Limit of financing Amount:

    Minimum amount is Rs. 200,000/- and maximum amount is Rs.2, 000,000/-.

    Tenure of loan:

    The loan can be availed from 1 year to 5 year with yearly adjustment facility at

    any time before the maturity.

    First down payment:

    10% to 15% of the value of car

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    2 Acting as a co borrower, will enables your family members,( spouse, children-

    18 years and above) to avail the financing facility and can get the car registered in

    their names as well.

    MCB CAR FINANCE SCHEME

    Role of MCB in Financing:

    MCBs role in financing is limited to the purchase of the vehicle only. MCB will

    finance a portion of vehicle cost (registration fee and other related expenses will not

    be part of financing

    Eligibility:

    1 Pakistani national.

    2 Not less than 21 years for businessmen, or 22 years of salaried personnel,

    and would not be more than 70 years on the maturity of the facility of Auto

    Finance.

    3 Salary/income is at least Rs.12, 000/- per month with monthly installment

    not exceeding 50% of the take-home salary/income.

    4 Businessman/self-employed person with a minimum experience of 1 year in

    the same business/profession.

    5 Permanent employee. For contract employees, 2 years on the job with the

    current employer or 3 years of overall experience.

    Start of loan processing:

    1 TCO Cheques is dishonored.

    2 The processing of loan application loan will start when all the relevant

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    documents are provided and terms and conditions are fulfilled.

    3 Also along with the Cheques for total cash outlay (TCO) to MCB.

    4 MCB reserves the right to reject any Auto Finance application without

    assigning any reason.

    Required Documents with Application Form:

    1 Photocopy of your NIC.

    2 2 recent passport size photographs.

    3 Bank statement (at least 6 months).

    4 Salary certificate with name, designation, and joining date and break

    down of salary.

    5 Tax assessment orders.

    Selection of Vehicle/Dealer:

    MCB gives its customer the flexibility to select vehicle and MCB

    authorized dealer of their choice. Please ensure that the vehicle you have

    selected is in perfect condition at the time of delivery. The bank will not

    be responsible for any defects detected after you have not signed the

    delivery acceptance from.

    Please remember that delivery time cannot be controlled by the bank.

    Hence the bank will not be responsible for any delay in delivery that

    might surface.

    Processing Charges:

    1 Application processing charges Rs.3500-

    2 First total monthly payment (tmp)

    3 Equity as applicable.

    4 First year insurance premium.

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    2 1-7 years (Semi-commercial vehicles).

    3 1-5years (commercial/personal cars).

    Note:

    You have the option to repay (fully or partially) the loan at any time

    during the tenure of the loan. You will, however, pay a charge if you make

    the repayment before the applied tenure.

    Also in order to make partial prepayment, you will have to pay a

    minimum of Rs. 25000-or 5% of total amount.

    Insurance policy

    Insurance rate is 3.5

    BENEFITS OF MCB CAR 4U

    1 Option of financing or leasing

    2 Competitive financing rates.

    3 Flexible equity/rate options.

    4 Financing tenure1-7 years.

    5 Financing up to Rs.20 Lacs (depending upon income, vehicle

    cost and down payment).

    6 Low processing fee of Rs. 3500/-.

    7 Valid or salaried personnel on contract.

    8 Power to make early payments, twice a year.

    9 Convenient access through more than 90 MCB branches.

    10 Quick processing.

    11 Independent service quality representatives to assist customers.

    COMPARISON IN AUTO FINANCE MCB VS BANK AL FALAH

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    S

    .

    #

    Features

    Muslim

    Commerci

    al Bank

    Ltd

    Bank Al Falah Ltd Remarks

    1 ProductCar

    FinanceCar Finance Identical

    2 Eligibility

    Pakistani

    Nationals

    over 21

    years at the

    maturity of

    car finance

    Minimum

    Rs

    12000/=

    per month

    salary &

    inst mustmore than

    50% of

    salary

    Pakistani NIC # Over

    age of 20 years &

    max 62 salaried,

    businessman

    Age limit in MCB

    is 70 while in AL

    Falah its 62

    3Selection/Availabilit

    y cars

    Free

    choice is

    available

    to the

    customer

    to select

    dealer/car.

    All brand new

    Pakistani

    assemble/manufactur

    e cars.

    Both banks

    provide equal

    opportunity/choic

    e in the selection

    of car.

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    4Required

    Documents

    Photocopy

    of N.I.C,

    2passport

    sizephotograph

    , bank

    statement

    (at least of

    6 months,

    salary

    certificate

    tax

    assessment

    orders.

    Copy of N.I.C, two

    passport size

    photographs, bank

    statement for 6

    months, salary

    certificate, business

    proof (business

    person), current

    utility bills,

    Al Falah

    documentation

    list is lengthier

    than MCB

    5 Limit of FinanceMax up to

    20,000,00Max up to 20,000,00

    The range of

    amount of

    financing is same

    6 Tenure

    From 1to

    7years for

    passenger

    vehicles.

    From 1 to

    5years or

    commercia

    l vehicle.

    From 1 to 5years for

    both vehicles.

    The tenure of loan

    offer by MCB is

    more relax and

    beneficial for

    customer because

    it provide variety

    in their financing

    7Documentation

    charges

    Paperwork for

    car

    financing .

    Rs 3500/=

    Paper work for car

    financing Rs3000/=

    Thedocumentation on

    charges are also

    low of MCB from

    Bank Al Falah

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    8 Markup Policy

    Markup

    rate range

    from 7.5%

    to 8.5%depending

    on the

    amount of

    down

    payment

    Mark up rate range

    from 8.00% to 8.5%depending on the

    amount of down

    payment.

    The markup

    policy of MCB is

    providing more

    choices tocustomer in their

    down payments

    as compared to

    bank Al Falah

    Ltd.

    9 Insurance

    Insurance

    rate car

    loan 3.75%

    Insurance rate on car

    loan 4.25%

    MCB insurance

    rate is low as

    compared to bank

    AL Falah Ltd.

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    Chapter 7

    SWOT ANALYSIS MCB CREDITS

    MCB is one of the big give banks of Pakistan, which was privatized back in 1992. It has a

    strong advances / credits portfolio; Rs. 180,232 M as reflected in its latest balance sheet

    of Annual Report 2005. It has shown handsome rise in its advances over the years,

    despite the increasing competition and introduction of new banks and branches in the

    country. A brief SWOT analysis of MCB in terms of credits follows:

    STRENGTHS

    MCB has a rich and old history of 58 years corresponding with the age of our

    country. This in itself is the fundamental reason why it is such a strong and sound

    financial institution. A sound image of MCB is there in the minds of the public

    and the customers think of it as stable organization to bank with.

    Building the tallest building in Pakistan by the name of MCB Tower is a clear

    indication that MCB is a market leader in the banking industry. It has incorporated

    state of the art technology and the latest equipment; symbolizing and maintaining

    the fact that it has always been the pioneer of the banking sector in terms of

    Information Technology.

    MCB with its vast network of above 1200 branches is another big competitive

    advantage that it has; very few do possess such a big set up. In terms of credits, allthese are the starting strengths why MCB is able to advance out loans in the first

    place; customers are maintaining their long time relationships with the bank and

    new clientage is regularly brought in.

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    much to customers dislike, and in comparison with the other banks speedy and

    quick process. The fact is due to the centralized setup that MCB maintains in

    terms of its decision making. Hardly decisions are made at the branch level,

    where the customer comes into interaction; hence the slowness and time

    consuming nature of the credits process at MCB.

    Turnover of employees has also been a constant problem for MCB in the recent times.

    This has been especially the case with the younger lot of the bank, who have been

    able to capitalize on the trainings and growth that it had been able to gain at

    MCB, and eventually switching over. This is common in banking sector, but has

    been especially rooted in MCB owing to the defective HRM policies and lack of

    retention of young employees who could become key future managers and

    loyalist decision makers. All this has affected the bank in the broader sense;

    eventually how credits end up being done.

    OPPORTUNITIES

    Products have been offered by MCB only at the three big cities viz. Karachi, Lahore

    and Islamabad. A strong opportunity lies in the idea that these can be introduced

    in all the main cities of the country, if not into every city. Business Sarmaya and

    Pyara Gharare typical examples of this opportunity.

    Islamic Banking has been started by many Pakistani banks; in fact MCBs Islamic

    Banking is limited only to a couple of cities. The growing trend of customers

    seeking out to such institutions breeds an opportunity for this bank to establish a

    strong foothold in this segment too. With this would initiate an R & D at MCB to

    design and tailor credits and deposits products for customers; paving way for a

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    door of opportunities for MCB to handsomely earn from.

    THREATS

    With the entrance and establishment of so many banks including foreign bank

    branches in the country, MCB will have to maintain its position in the industry

    and hopefully not succumb to this stiff competition. Some of the worlds top

    banks are planning to set-up branches in the country. MCB would be competing

    with top class financial institutions in the near times; by no means an easy task.

    So many banks with so many products are they of credits or deposits, and so much to

    offer would be a definite threat to MCB and its top brains. It has to keep on

    evolving and marketing new products to survive and in fact keep on profiting

    highly and rising as it has been doing over the years.

    Banks have been into so much specialization of job assignments in their banks.

    Employees are expected to do very specialized types of tasks; leading to increased

    efficiency and greater productivity. Credits have been broken into specialized

    parts in these banks; depending on the segment: SME, Corporate, Consumer, etc.

    Moreover division of labor has been done and this has made them seem very

    professional and efficient in the clients perspective.

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    RECOMMENDATIONS

    Banking sector in Pakistan has grown very fast in the past few years. The industry has

    shown immense growth, activity and progress. Banks have profited highly, consumers

    have been entertained and activity and growth has taken place in some other industries as

    well.

    Credits being important for every bank; an all important asset in its balance sheet and one

    earning the highest revenue in the form of markup and commissions on the income

    statement. For that matter MCBs credit policies are important and key for how the bank

    would progress in the coming times.

    MCB is a conservative lender and credit policies are likewise. In this it claims that it has

    been able to maintain a healthy and sound portfolio of credits; prudent lending has

    resulted in regular finances, and a minimum of bad debts portion.

    In fact, MCB is earning much more than many of the other banks who have been on the

    aggressive side; those with a higher loan portfolio but a likewise sizeable bad debt

    portion. These competitors have higher loans / deposits ratios, making them face liquidity

    problems much sooner than they could anticipate.

    As a conclusion, MCB has been fairly good in its credit lines and policies. It has stood

    different than the others by staying conservative against being progressive or aggressive.

    It has focused on long term stability and growth, but with a simultaneous good short term

    progress.

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