Concept introduction:
Lenders: They are individuals or firms that have surplus funds as their income is more than their expenditure. They loan their surplus funds out.
Borrowers: They are individuals or firms that face shortage of funds as their income falls short of their expenditure. They borrow funds from others to meet the shortage.
Financial Intermediaries: They are institutions that accept savings from lenders and make them available to borrowers.
Direct Finance: It is a system of financing in which lenders make their surplus funds available to borrowers facing shortage of funds, directly.
Indirect Finance: It is a system of financing in which lenders make their surplus funds available to borrowers facing shortage of funds, indirectly through financial intermediaries like banks, mutual funds etc.
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