Loan refers to a form of credit activity in which banks or other financial institutions lend monetary funds at a certain interest rate and must return them. Loans in a broad sense refer to loans and interest subsidies? A general term for borrowing funds such as overdraft.

Banks put concentrated money and monetary funds out through loans, which can meet the needs of social expansion and reproduction and promote economic development. At the same time, banks can also obtain loan interest income and increase their own accumulation.

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The "three principles" of loans refer to safety, liquidity and efficiency, and are the fundamental principles of commercial banks' loan operation. Article 4 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Commercial Bank Law stipulates: "Commercial banks should operate independently, bear their own risks, be responsible for their own profits and losses, and be self-disciplined, and take safety, liquidity and efficiency as their operating principles."

1, loan security is the primary problem faced by commercial banks;

2. Liquidity refers to the ability to recover the loan within a predetermined period or realize it quickly without loss of land, so as to meet the needs of customers to withdraw deposits at any time;

3. Efficiency is the basis of sustainable operation of banks.

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