Loan facilityNSCsNational Savings Certificate are a great financial tool to use as collateral against secured loans. For loans such as car loans, home loans etc. banks expect customers to deposit some form of collateral as security against their loans. These are used to recover money in case customers default to pay off their loans. Financial instruments like NSCs, fixed deposit schemes and insurance policies make great collaterals.Fixed DepositsFixed deposits too like NSCs are preferred by banks as collateral for obtaining secured loans. Fixed deposits with the same bank are even better when availing loans. These deposits are kept as security by banks so that in case a customer defaults in paying off his/her loan, banks are able to recover some amount of money through these deposits.