An import loan is a short-term cash advance (with recourse) that enables the customer as an importer to meet the customers immediate payment obligations under usance letter of Credit presentation .
Last Updated Date: May 17, 2022
In 2016, after the merger of Grand Bank Nepal Limited, Kist Bank Ltd., Prabhu Bikash Bank Ltd., Gaurishankar Development Bank Ltd. and Zenith Finance Ltd., Prabhu Bank Limited was created. Prabhu Bank Limited has taken part in the A class financial institution status. The mission of Prabhu bank Limited is to become Nepal 's leading commercial bank by providing their customers with the highest quality financial products and services.
Prabhu Bank Limited has undertaken activities such as various deposit schemes, loans and advances, foreign exchange facilities, trade finance, inward / outward remittances, government securities market makers, non-funded services such as issuing guarantees, letters of remittances,, with the goal of supporting individuals, families. Prabhu Bank maintains that it is only when its customers thrive that a bank succeeds.
One of the key aims of the bank is to reach out to ordinary citizens with a host of helpful products and services to ensure their future prosperity. The bank has achieved a considerable degree of success in pursuing this goal within a relatively short period of time, thus building a substantial base of loyal customers.
An import Loan is a short-term cash advance (with recourse) that enables the customer as an importer to meet the customers immediate payment obligations under a sight or usance Letter of Credit presentation or Import Documentary Collection. Under such arrangements, Standard Charted Bank finances the customers import commitments by making payment against the Letter of Credit or Documentary Collection and receives payment from the customer at a pre-determined date in the future. Here, the credit period between the time that the bank provides finance and the time the customer repays the bank, should be sufficient for the customer to either manufacture goods for final sale or for direct sale to end buyers. Nepal is an import based economy. Most of the raw materials for manufacturing are import based. Trust Receipt Loans are easier and popular to finance imports through Letters of Credit facility for trading and manufacturing houses. Such loans are provided for maximum of 120 days of documents retirements. Importers loans are provided for imports under payment mode of TT, Demand Drafts and DAP facility.