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What Is The Role Of Basel Iii In Creating Sufficient Risk Management In Banking Sector?, Dimitrios V. Siskos

Dimitrios V. Siskos

This paper attempts to investigate the reasons that lead bankers into establishing Basel III agreement and, second, to examine whether it would be able to bring about prudent risk behavior among banks. Basel III was the third set of regulations, following Basel I and Basel II, and was developed in response to the financial crisis. The measures developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision aimed to reinforce banks liquidity, to protect the banking sector from systemic risks, as well as to solidify the regulation. Although most of the fundamental problems, that were responsible for the global financial crisis, had …

Financial Institutions And The Taxi-Cab Industry: An Exploratory Study In Canada, John D. Obradovich, Amarjit Gill, Nahum Biger, Leo-Paul Dana, Ansari Mohamed

John Obradovich

A current challenge taxicab owner/operators face in Canada is the lack of financing for taxicabs. This article examines business opportunities and lending risk; it also provides risk management strategies for financial institutions to manage the risk of lending to the taxi-cab industry. Members of the boards of directors and shareholders from the Canadian taxicab industry, and lenders from financial institutions that do not provide financing to taxicab owner/operators, were interviewed. Board members and shareholders were asked about their perceptions regarding business opportunity, risk, and their willingness to provide collateral for taxicab loans. Lenders of financial institutions were asked about their …

Theories And Practices Of Islamic Finance And Exchange Laws: Poverty Of Interest, Ahmed E. Souaiaia

Ahmed E SOUAIAIA

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 …

The Web Bank, Marco Ricci Doctor Of Business Administration, Public Certified Accountant, Auditor

Marco Ricci

Technological advances are certainly a very important factor of change that can fundamentally alter the current distribution techniques of financial services. In fact, information technologies have made it possible for banks to be within the "virtual bank", a new and separate from the traditional. The introduction of new distribution channels and, in particular the global network known as the "Internet" is just one of many changes taking place in the Italian banking. This theme could be seen as the main theme of this work, all aimed at trying to describe and interpret how the spread of online financial services has …

Foreign Bank Efficiency In Australia: What Makes A Difference?, Jan-Egbert Sturm, Barry Williams

Barry Williams

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that affect differences in measured efficiency of foreign-owned banks operating in Australia. The relevance of both comparative advantage theory and new trade theory to multinational banking in Australia will be tested.

Design/methodology/approach – A three stage research method is employed. First, estimates of foreign bank efficiency are drawn from a larger sample of domestic and foreign banks in Australia. Efficiency is estimated using parametric distance functions, applying several different specifications of inputs and outputs. Second, factor analysis is used to estimate a series of common factors drawn from …

Portable Savings Account Module, Vijaya Krushna Varma Mr

VIJAYA KRUSHNA VARMA Mr

Portable savings account is an involuntary tax paying account. Citizens need not maintain separate account books for paying either Direct taxes or Indirect taxes. Citizens need not submit tax returns annually. There will be no expenditure cost for the government for collecting taxes.

Bank Account Module, Vijaya Krushna Varma Mr

VIJAYA KRUSHNA VARMA Mr

Bank account module is designed and developed by Varma for new banking system. This new bank account module will help banks to know their profits at any time. This module will halt non performing assets

Islamic Finance Unit Takes Bank Beyond Michigan Roots, Karen Hunt Ahmed

Karen Hunt Ahmed

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The Defensive Expansion Approach To Multinational Banking: Evidence To Date, Barry Williams

Barry Williams

This paper integrates the defensive expansion hypothesis in multinational banking with the internalisation approach to the multinational enterprise. This framework is then used to structure a review of the literature to date regarding the proposition that multinational banks follow their clients abroad, otherwise called the defensive expansion hypothesis. Both theoretical and empirical issues relevant to the study of the defensive expansion hypothesis are canvassed. The paper concludes that the defensive expansion hypothesis is best modelled using firm level data, and that investment measures are a preferred proxy for following clients. Furthermore, studies considering the defensive expansion hypothesis should control for …