Excerpt from Bank Acceptances
The fundamental difference between European and American banking has its origin in the dissimilarity between the evidences of indebtedness which lie behind the item of loans and discounts. It is most strikingly evidenced in the fact that time bills of exchange form a considerable proportion of the resources of the great banks of London, Paris, and Berlin, whereas the assets of leading New York banks are largely based on stocks and bonds.
Of the bills of exchange in which are employed, either through loans or discounts, the funds of European banks, an essential part consists of what are known as bankers' bills - that is, bills drawn on bankers and accepted by them on behalf of customers in accordance with arrangements previously made. They are bills in exchange for which, by sale to a broker or by discounting at a bank, bankers' customers or those to whom they are indebted may secure immediate credit. In some instances it is arranged that the customers themselves shall draw the bills and in others that the bills shall be drawn by third parties for their account. In granting the accommodation the obligation that the bankers take upon themselves is that they will accept the bills upon presentation. This acceptance consists in the bankers writing across the face of the drafts the word "Accepted," adding their signature and the date.
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