This document discusses lending in the banking business. It covers general principles of good lending, the typical banking lending cycle, and key remedies for defaulting borrowers such as insolvency, receivership, and their effects. Specifically, it examines various types of securities and collateral that banks can take to secure advances or loans made to customers. These include mortgages on land and buildings, chattel mortgages on movable assets, guarantees, cash collateral from deposits, loan and property insurance, post-dated cheques, and group co-guarantees among microfinance borrowers.