Settlement account and Working capital: Difference between pages

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imported>Doug Williamson
(Create the page. Source: Bank of England http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/Documents/paymentsystems/boesettlementaccounts.pdf)
 
imported>Doug Williamson
(Remove alternative definition, as discussed with Michelle Price & Martin O'Donovan 30 Aug 2013.)
 
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1. ''Central banking - Bank of England.''
Working capital is normally defined as the excess of current assets over current liabilities.


An account held by a direct participant in a payment or settlement system, held at the Bank of England, for the purpose of making related payments.
This working capital requirement for a company has to be financed by borrowings, shareholders' funds, or a combination of both of them.
 
A reserves account already held at the Bank of England may be used as a settlement account.
 
 
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Similar accounts held at other central banks.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Bank of England]]
* [[Capital]]
* [[Central bank]]
* [[Cash flow statement]]
* [[Gross settlement system]]
* [[Efficiency ratio]]
* [[Payments and payment systems]]
* [[Liquidity management]]
* [[Real-time gross settlement system]]
* [[Over trading]]
* [[Reserves account]]
* [[Working capital management]]

Revision as of 14:45, 30 August 2013

Working capital is normally defined as the excess of current assets over current liabilities.

This working capital requirement for a company has to be financed by borrowings, shareholders' funds, or a combination of both of them.


See also