Various types of guarantees are issued by the banks on behalf of their customers. Bank Guarantees (BG) is also known as Letter of Guarantees which can be broadly classified as (i) Financial Guarantees and (ii) Performance guarantees. Earnest money Deposit guarantee or Bid Bond Guarantee, Guarantee for Payment of Customs duty (specific or continuing), Advance Payment Guarantee (APG), Deferred Payment Guarantee (DPG), Shipping Guarantee, Performance guarantee, Retention Money guarantees etc are some of the prominent types of guarantees issued by the banks.
Bank Guarantee or letter of guarantee is a fee-based credit facility extended by the banks to their customers. The non-fund based facilities are the letter of guarantee or letter of credit by the banks wherein banks get fee income and Since there is no immediate outflow of funds from the banks they are also known as the non-fund based facility. However in the case of non-fund based credit facility, the bank has to discharge the financial liability of the contract agreed to the guarantee or documentary credit, if the contract is partly or fully not performed by the customer.