Banking is one form of trading in money that safeguards deposits as well as makes money available to borrowers. You can also term it as a financial institution which is engaged in money transactions like withdrawals and deposits. There are customers involved who get interest on their deposits parked with the bank.

There are different types of accounts in each and every bank. Different banks have different types of accounts or deposits.

It could be either Savings Account or Current Account or Fixed Deposit Account or Recurring Deposit. Apart from this, there are other types of accounts like Foreign Currency Accounts or FCNR Accounts, Nostro Accounts, Loan Accounts etc.

Savings Account is opened by an individual or more than one individual. It could be a single account or joint account. Interest is paid on the money deposited in their account.

Current Accounts are usually operated by people having their own business or by corporate. It is usually operated for business purposes.

Fixed Deposit Accounts are opened for a certain period of time. Interest is paid for that particular period of time. For example, a customer may deposit 1000 dollars and request that the same may be kept for 1 year period. So for this 1 year period, interest is paid by the Bank. The deposit could be either ordinary fixed deposit or cumulative fixed deposit.

In case of ordinary fixed deposits, interest is credited to the account whereas for cumulative types, interest gets added to the principal amount.

In case of Recurring Deposits, a certain amount needs to be deposited with the bank on a monthly basis for a particular period of time and interest is paid for that period. Interest gets added to the principal amount.

Apart from interest being paid by banks to customers, banks also lend money to customers for either personal purposes or for commercial purposes or for buying properties. This depends on the customer needs as well as their credibility or financial condition. Interest is charged on the amount given to the customer depending on the agreement made.

Besides lending, customers can also keep their valuables like ornaments in bank lockers. Banks offer this facility to their customers and a certain amount is charged for the same.

There are many other facilities offered by banks to customers like withdrawing money through Any Time Machine (ATM’s), offering credit cards or debit cards, International Cards for purchasing etc.

Customer’s money is properly taken care of by these financial institutions and customers can very well plan their future if they invest properly.