OFFSHORE BANKING UNIT - OBU
They make loans in the Eurocurrency market when they accept deposits from foreign banks and other OBUs. Offshore Banking Units have multiplied around the globe since 1970s. They are in Asia, Europe, Middle East and the Caribbean. U.S. Offshore Banking Units are focused in the Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Singapore, Panama and Hongkong.
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Maximum Loan-to-Value Ratio
Maximum allowable ratio of a loan’s size to the property’s value that is securing the loan. Lenders measure the risk using loan-to-valu ...
Cash Return on Assets Ratio
Ratio used to differentiate a business’ performance against other industry members. The company’s analysts may use the ratio internally ...
Retention Bonus
A reward given to an employee that serves as an incentive to keep that key employee on the job during a significant business cycle, like a merger o ...
Infrastructure
Basic physical systems of a business or country such as roads, utilities, transportation, communication, sewage, and water and electric systems, am ...
Cost Control
Act of managing and/or reducing business expenditures done by determining the costs and evaluating if such expenses are affordable and reasonable. ...
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