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A Comparison Of Curriculum In Banking And Finance Departments, Hasmet Sarigul
A Comparison Of Curriculum In Banking And Finance Departments, Hasmet Sarigul
Hasmet Sarigul
This descriptive study was conducted to assess banking and finance education curriculum by identifying and comparing the bachelors degree courses being taught at the banking and finance schools. We used a quantitative approach to content analysis. The data of the study have been gathered from the web pages, handbooks and the catalogs of the schools. The study contains all of the bachelors degree banking and finance departments of the universities in Turkey. In the first survey, we identified seven core competency areas for the courses in these schools. In the second survey, six more categories were identified accompanying the competency …
Money Laundering And Abuse Of The Financial System, Hasmet Sarigul
Money Laundering And Abuse Of The Financial System, Hasmet Sarigul
Hasmet Sarigul
Every year, huge amounts of funds are obtained by illegal activities. These illegally obtained funds need a process, which is called laundering, in order to appear legitimately obtained and become usable. Although it is not possible to measure the exact volume of money laundering, the International Monetary Fund has stated that the aggregate amount of it in the world could be somewhere between two and five percent of the world’s gross domestic product. The main vehicle for criminals to launder their illicit money is the financial system. Money laundering threatens the credibility of international financial institutions. It undermines the financial …
Istanbul’S Current Status And Potential For Becoming An International Financial Centre, Hasmet Sarigul
Istanbul’S Current Status And Potential For Becoming An International Financial Centre, Hasmet Sarigul
Hasmet Sarigul
The Turkish government has been pursuing a goal to turn Istanbul into a regional centre for finance and then, an international one. However, creating an international financial centre where international demand and supply of funds meet is not an easy process. In this context, we aimed to examine the current status and the potential of Istanbul to become an international financial centre. In order to reach the aim of the study, firstly, the characteristics of an international financial centre have been explained and a brief overview of the Turkish government’s official plans of development of the international financial centre have …
Factoring As A Financing Option In Turkey : A Comparative Study, Hasmet Sarigul
Factoring As A Financing Option In Turkey : A Comparative Study, Hasmet Sarigul
Hasmet Sarigul
Factoring is a form of short-term commercial finance based on the selling of trade debts at a discount from one party to another. Factoring is one of the oldest methods of business financing in developed countries. The Factoring operations in Turkey began in late 1980s as a product of commercial banks and started to become the activity of separately established factoring companies in the early 1990s. The basic frame of this study constitutes an empirical comparison of factoring companies in Turkey as bank subsidiaries and independent factoring companies in terms of some selected financial ratios in 2009 and 2010 years. …