compensating balance

compensating balance
A method of paying the bank for providing services.
(1) In lending, compensating balances are minimum balances that the bank requires a borrower to maintain with the bank as partial compensation to the bank for the credit facility.
(2) The amount of deposit balances necessary to offset the cost of deposit, cash management, or other bank services. Each period, usually monthly, the actual bank service charges applicable for the services used by the depositor are used to determine the level of balances to be left with the bank. Adjustments are made to reduce the deposit total for reserve requirements and float.
See account analysis. American Banker Glossary
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An excess balance that is left in a bank to provide indirect compensation for loans extended or services provided. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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compensating balance compensating balance ➔ balance1

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compensating balance UK US noun [C]
► BANKING the amount of money that a customer who has taken out a loan with a bank or who uses the bank's services, has to keep in an account. This money does not earn interest: »

Restrictions may include legally restricted deposits held as compensating balances against short-term borrowing arrangements.


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