Loan Syndication: There are two ways of syndication as: direct lending and through participation.
- Direct Lending: regarding "direct lending" all the lenders sign the loan agreement independently along with the borrower and agree to lend up to their own share. The obligations of the syndicate members are some and they do not underwrite one the other.
- Through Participation: In this way of lending the lead bank is the merely lending bank, so far as the borrower is related that approaches the other lender to contribute in the loan. This generally takes position without the knowledge of the borrower. The lead bank grants a specific portion of the loan to each participant as permitted. This also agrees to pay for the participants a pro rata share of receipts by the borrower.