Finance Glossary » what is a loan http://financeglossary.edublogs.org Fri, 15 May 2009 14:28:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Loans http://financeglossary.edublogs.org/2009/02/05/loans/ http://financeglossary.edublogs.org/2009/02/05/loans/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:52:50 +0000 ukeconomics http://financeglossary.edublogs.org/?p=13 A loan is a type of debt. The borrower needs to repay the lender the sum of money loaned part by part over time in order to clear the debt.

Acting as a provider of loans is one of the main tasks for financial institutions. For other institutions, issuing of debt contracts such as bonds is a main source of funding. Bank loans and credit are one way to increase the money supply.

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