compensating balance is a method of paying the bank for providing services. 1. In lending, compensating balances are minimum balances that the bank requires a borrower to maintain with the bank as partial compensation to the bank for the credit facility. 2. The amount of deposit balances necessary to offset the cost of deposit, cash management, or other bank services. Each period, usually monthly, the actual bank service charges applicable for the services used by the depositor are used to determine the level of balances to be left with the bank. Adjustments are made to reduce the deposit total for reserve requirements and float. See: account analysis.
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