In: Finance
what is the difference between financial
intermediation and maturity transformation
Financial intermediation will mean that acting as a intermediary between the savers and the borrowers by different banks or by different other entities and channelizing the funds to enhance the money flow into the economy. It is a productive method under which institutional unit will be occurring liabilities on its own account for acquiring financial assets.
Maturity transformation is a practice of borrowing money on the shorter time frame, by the Financial institutions rather than lending money out.it is a transformation of maturity of different type of securities in order to enhance the books of accounts by the financial intermediaries.
So, this both concepts of financial intermediation and maturity transformation are different because financial intermediation is a wider process encompassing a large amount of objectives and goals whereas, maturity transformation is narrower process which will be focused at transformation of maturity of different securities.