Making long term loans from short term deposits. This makes banks vulnerable.
The amount to loan Duration or maturity of loan Attitudes toward risk
Borrowing funds at short term and lending the funds obtained at longer term.
Michel de Lange has written: 'Essays on the theory of financial intermediation' -- subject(s): Credit, Deposit insurance, Intermediation (Finance)
Stuart I. Greenbaum has written: 'Contemporary financial intermediation' -- subject(s): Bank management, Banks and banking, Financial services industry, Intermediation (Finance)
Financial intermediation is a way of indirect finance. Some lenders prefer lend indirectly via financial intermediaries by using financial instruments. Indirect finance is as important as direct finance for the financial system to survive. Thus, financial intermediation is an asset for an efficient financial system.
Financial intermediation is channeling funds from lenders to borrowers, sort of like a middle-man in the process. Financial facilitation can be either the act of preserving a market's liquidity or the act of supplying a market for a security.
J H. Miller has written: 'Macro-modelling with financial intermediation'
Matching small deposits with large loans and large deposits with small loans
You can improve maturity by intelligence. Age also affects maturity of person.
Maturity of asset in portfolio is larger than the maturity of liabilities in the portfolio
The four types of Maturity are: infant, child, adolescent, and adult maturity
maturity index of a crop