The use of a bank located outside the legal jurisdiction of the country of one’s residence for all banking and financial services can be called offshore banking. Offshore banks normally are situated in tax havens and provide secrecy and safety for the depositors. It was the English who coined the word offshore to specify tax havens located in the British Channel Islands‚ which were actually off the shores of Great Britain. The banks located in these islands offering tax savings were the pioneers
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0 The use of money and its transmission through the economy by means of a banking system characterise modern economies. Money has been used for thousands of years‚ but has evolved to more sophisticated forms and its transmission has improved over time. There have long been questions over the effects money and banking have in the economy. Frequently they have given rise to intense debate‚ and are seldom far from discussion on the economy’s performance‚ prices‚ exchange-rates and so on. The British
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The Rise of Mobile Banking It is truly amazing how fast new ideas can manifest themselves in such a mysterious world filled with mystery and opportunities. These ideas are able to take on the world by full throttle with the strong encouragement of particular communities and groups of people. Within the finance world‚ new technologies have had such a substantial impact in a vast amount of areas. The ways of doing things are growingly simpler thanks to the massive contribution to this technology
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question of whether the phenomenon of Islamic finance or Islamic Banking is truly globalizing‚ that is‚ spreading as a universal alternative to conventional finance and banking or whether the proponents of such a view are spreading a myth or are themselves simply deluded by their own enthusiasm. This article has also addresses the various aspects of the globalization of Islamic finance‚ among others‚ the issue of the rise of Islamic banking in the West‚ Islamic jurisprudence and finance‚ the Islamic Financial
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Online banking (or Internet banking or E-banking) allows customers of a financial institution to conduct financial transactions on a secured website operated by the institution‚ which can be a retail bank‚virtual bank‚ credit union or building society. To access a financial institution’s online banking facility‚ a customer having personal Internet access must register with the institution for the service‚ and set up some password (under various names) for customer verification. The password for
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Banking ethics are the moral or ethical principles that certain banks choose to abide by. There is not a universal code of ethical conduct‚ but the banks that vaunt their ethical credentials evaluate the ethical standing of potential investors and partners. Also‚ these banks choose the companies that they in turn invest in with their ethical policy in mind. The number of ethical questions that the banking industry faces are many and multifaceted. Full service relationships with customers are
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Taking Mobile Banking Corporate Universal Banking Solution System Integration Consulting Business Process Outsourcing It’s ironic that in a world that has gone mobile‚ corporate treasurers and CFOs are still tethered to their desks because they need computer access to issue approvals using corporate Internet banking. While consumer mobile banking has soared in recent years ever since the smartphone arrived on the scene‚ its corporate cousin is yet to take off. However‚ according to various
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Offshore banking is newly introduced by modern banking system. There are two different types of banking - regular "Onshore" banking and "Offshore" banking. The term "Offshore" means many things to many people. Basically the "offshore" consists of those countries which have adopted specific offshore company and/or offshore banking legislation and which have legislated privacy laws and regulations. OFFSHORE BANKING Offshore banking is a banking process happens outside the country of residence of
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Shadow Banking System and its role in the global financial crisis What is shadow banking system Shadow Banking System (SBS) refers to a collection of financial entities‚ infrastructures and practices which support financial transactions but beyond the regulation and monitor from the government or official regulators. Some financial institutions‚ like investment banks‚ may conduct some their transactions in the shadow banking system‚ but they are not SBS institutions themselves. The term was
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E-Banking INTRODUCTION A sound and effective banking system is the backbone of an economy. The economy of a country can function smoothly and without many hassles if the banking system backing it is not only flexible but also capable of meeting the new challenges posed by the technology and other external as well as internal factors. channel. The technology holds the key to the future success of Indian Banks.. The existence of Electronic banking also becomes inevitable due to the standards
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