An assessment of bank deposits and their impact on lending policy

Thesis Abstract

This research work was undertaken to assess the bank deposits and their impact on lending policies. This work was intended to achieve the following objectives to apprise and determine the lending procedure of banks, to highlight the extent to which improper project evaluation influence bad debts of money. Deposit banks. Relevant data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. Questionnaire was the main primary data collected instrument employed while data from various relevant publications constituted the source secondary data. Upon the analysis of data, the following conclusion were drawn; that sound lending requires a clear-well articulated and easy accessible policy documents which spells out the philosophy of lending. On the basis of the above findings, it was recommended that banks should ensure that loans given out to customers should be backed-up with adequate collateral security. Finally, it is the opinion of the researcher that the management of bank deposit should prevent the incidence of bad debts in Nigerian banks.