What is the difference between Loan and Advance?

Answer Posted / mohammad hamid

A loan is granted for a specific time period,granted against security of certain asset.
Whereas
Advances means credit facility provided by the bank to its customer differ from loan in the sense that loan may be granted for longer period and cash credit for short period.
In advances interest is charged only on withdrawn amount and not on given amount.

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