How to Get a Bank Guarantee in Nigeria

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Nowadays many people face situations in their business, contracts, etc

where for instance they want to expand, buy new techniques, deliver on

a job, use some rental service facilities. Obtaining a bank guarantee

has helped many execute contracts, expand businesses, and cover all

other necessary issues. In this article, you will find out how bank

guarantees help solve problems for people. First, what is a bank

guarantee, how does it work and how can you obtain one. Find out in

this article:







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Bank guarantees are services offered by financial institutions that

support a person and mostly businesses by vouching for their

creditworthiness and ability to meet obligations stated in a contract.

The bank guarantee is a promise or undertaking given by a bank on

behalf of a client (such as a business owner) to pay a stated sum of

money to another party (the beneficiary) if the client fails to carry

out an obligation. This agreement must be backed by evidence and

documents.











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A Bank Guarantee can also be referred to as a promise made by a bank

on behalf of its customer. The bank promises to be responsible for

whatever financial loss is incurred in the course of the customer’s

business engagement with the other party if the bank customer is

unable to pay. In other words, if the debtor or client fails to settle

a debt, the bank covers it. A bank guarantee thus enables the

customer, or debtor, to acquire goods, buy equipment or draw down

loans, and expand business activity. The extent of the bank’s

involvement is defined before the activity begins. The bank’s

liability can only be activated if the bank’s customer is unable or

fails to fulfill its own part of the contract agreement.



Types of Bank guarantees



Bank Guarantee can be direct or indirect. A direct bank guarantee is

the one issued by the bank in favour of its customer to facilitate

business between the customer and its business partner



Indirect Bank Guarantee is issued in favour of another bank to provide

financial confidence on a transaction. Bank Guarantees could act as

disadvantages to the banks. The bank customer’s request for a bank

guarantee goes through an approval process and tight security. Thus,

the process may differ from one bank to another. However, cash

security is the most common security acceptable for Bank Guarantees.

Bank Guarantee is sometimes referred to as a bond.







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Why and when do you need a Bank Guarantee?



There are various reasons for which one might need a bank guarantee,

this includes:If you are a principal awarding a contract or a job, you

can make use of a bank guarantee when you are in doubt of your

contractor’s ability to deliver on a job. With a Bank Guarantee, you

can delay payment till the job is completed to your satisfaction.

You can make use of a bank guarantee when you as a principal is making

payment in advance to a person to perform a job. A bank guarantee

assures you that your advanced money is secured till you have value

for your money or are satisfied with the job done.

Obtain a bank guarantee when you are awarding a contract and you want

to make sure that the successful bidder performs well on the job after

the bidding process has been completed.

You can obtain a bank guarantee when making orders for supplies and

want to be sure that the exact goods you ordered is what will be

delivered to you (in quality and quantity). A bank guarantee will give

some comfort to the supplier till you confirm the supplies are what

you ordered for.



How to Apply for a Bank Guarantee



Bank guarantees are not limited to only business owners, individuals

can apply for a bank guarantee as well. However, businesses mostly

receive the vast majority of guarantees. In most cases, bank

guarantees are not particularly difficult to obtain.



To request a guarantee, the account holder contacts the bank and fills

out an application form where you identify the amount needed for the

guarantee and reasons for which you are applying for the guarantee.



A typical bank guarantee application stipulates a specific period of

time for which the guarantee would be valid, special conditions for

payment and details about the beneficiary.



Sometimes the bank requires collateral. This could be in the form of a

pledge or agreement for assets, such as stocks, bonds, or cash

accounts.







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Types of Bank Guarantee



Advance Payment Guarantee



This is a form of bank guarantee issued by a bank to provide

confidence to a principal that the money paid in advance on a job

awarded to the bank customer will be used for the exact purpose for

which the advance was made.



Performance Guarantee or Performance Bond



A Performance Guarantee is issued by a bank at the request of its

customer at the instance of the principal who wants a form of

guarantee that the contractor will perform on a job awarded to them. A

performance guarantee gives comfort to its business partner that the

bank customer will perform as expected on a job.

This form of Bank Guarantee has the longest tenure as it is for the

total duration of the contracted period. It is mostly used in

construction contracts.



Bid Guarantee or Bid Bond



Bid bond is requested by the principal who wants to award a contract

to interested contractors. A bid bond acts as a form of assurance that

the job will be executed once the contractor is eventually awarded the

job.

It is often included as part of the contract bidding documents which

must be supplied by the willing contractors. If the contractor who

gets the job is eventually unable to execute it, the principal will

crystallize the bid bond and ask the bank to compensate them for the

inability of the contractor to execute the job.



Payment Guarantee or Comfort Letter



Payment Guarantee or comfort letter acts as a consolation issued by a

bank on behalf of its customer and in favour of a third party. The

comfort letter assures the third party that the bank will make

payments on behalf of its customer after some conditions have been

met. Such conditions can be delivery of goods in the right quality and

quantity or successful completion of a job awarded.

















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