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Definition

Business Financial Services (BFS) is a term used to describe small to medium sized business customers within the Consumer Banking Division.

These are characterized by:
  • Mainly sole-proprietors /family businesses, partnerships and limited liability companies
  • owner managed and their business and personal financial affairs are inter-linked and dependant
  • most likely have more than one source of income and are engaged in more than one type of business
These can be classified as follows:
  • Small manufacturing and processing firms
  • Traders: These includes Import/Export, Distributors and retailing
  • Professional services: This includes lawyers, doctors, architects
  • Non-profit making organisations including NGO's, churches, missionary funded and run schools, AID agencies.
  • Private Institutions: These include educational institutions such as schools, colleges (Secretarial & Computer training), driving schools, hospitals and clinics.
We have the following products for BFS:
Current Accounts - both local and foreign currency
Credit Facilities - i.e loans, overdrafts, Auto loans, Mortgages, Trade Finance products
Savings Accounts
Fixed Deposit Accounts - both local and Foreign account
Sweeping Arrangements
Payment Services
Business Banking Solutions

 
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