10. Glossary

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10.1 Important Terms

Account Class

A group of customer accounts with similar characteristics and attributes

Account Statement Cycle

The periodicity for the generation of account statements

Account Statement Type

An indicator of the kind of account statement required to be generated periodically; this could be either a summary statement or a detailed one.

Alternate Account Number

An unique identifier for a customer account, other than the main Account Number. This provision is made to enable tracking of accounts existing in the bank before the installation of Oracle FLEXCUBE. For such accounts, you can capture the old account numbers as the Alternate Account Numbers.

Available

The amount available in a customer’s account, which can be drawn

Blocked

The amount that is blocked for other transactions, which the customer has entered into and not executed. At any point of time, the account balance cannot be less than the blocked amount.

Corporate Parameters

Information captured under customized parameters for corporate customers

Customer Category

A group of customers with logically similar features or attributes

Dormancy Days

The period following which customer accounts under a class are made inactive

Exposure Country

This is the country of exposure of a customer. This information is maintained for Central Liability tracking

Identifier Name

The name of the identification document furnished by the customer to the bank as proof of identity

Identifier Value

The serial number, document number or any identification number by which the identifier name document can be uniquely identified.

Joint Holder Code

The account identifier codes given to joint holders of any customer account

Legal Guardian

If the account holder is a minor, this is the legal guardian of the customer

Liability Number

A code used to keep track of the credit limit facility granted to a customer

Limit Check

A validation maintained for all accounts in an account class to see if there are adequate funds in the account.

Loan Repayment

The amount paid towards loan repayment

MTD (Month to Date)

Indicates the turnover on an account for the current month and up to the current date. It is specified for both Credit and Debit turnovers

Narratives

Specifications that help achieve a desired format for account statements

Natural GL

The code of the GL to which the turnovers of all accounts in the account class will be reported.

Regulation D

This is a regulation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Regulation D, also known as "Reg D," exempts certain offerings of equity from many of the regulatory requirements that impose costs upon standard public offerings. A Reg D offering is intended to make access to the capital markets possible for small companies that could not otherwise bear those costs.

Reporting Lines

The general ledger codes to which balances (debit or credit) of all accounts in an account class will be reported.

Sub-limit

The maximum credit amount that can be used by a customer account without requiring an override. The sub-limit is specified for accounts for which the credit amount is limited to a part of the available line amount.

Temporary OD End

The date on which the temporary overdraft limit ceases to be effective

Temporary OD Limit

The maximum overdraft allowed on an account, for a specified period of time

Temporary OD Start

The date on and following which the temporary overdraft limit comes into effect

Tenure

The duration for which a customer has been in professional employment. This information is captured as part of the professional details for a customer.

Uncollected Funds Limit

On any given business day, the credit transaction amounts that have not been collected.

Unposted Credits

In a multi-branch or online activity (such as tele-banking or Internet banking) transactions that are posted into an account when the system is either not available or during End of Day run, are stored, to be posted into the system when the system is available. Credit transactions of this nature are classified as unposted credits.

Unposted Debits

In a multi-branch or online activity (such as tele-banking or Internet banking) transactions that are posted into an account when the system is either not available or during End of Day run, are stored, to be posted into the system when the system is available. Debit transactions of this nature are classified as unposted debits.

W-8BEN Form

The W-8BEN form (entitled Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding) is used in the United States taxation system by foreign persons (including corporations) to certify their non-American status. The form, issued by the Internal Revenue Service, establishes that one is a foreign, non-resident alien or foreign national performing work outside the United States, in order to claim tax treaty benefits such as a lower amount of tax withholding from dividends paid by U.S. corporations.