THE BANKING INDUSTRY AND THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY POST-CONSOLIDATION By B. B. EBONG GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC ABSTRACT Against the backdrop of the role of banks as financial intermediaries and their function as the engine of growth of the economy‚ this paper examines the extent to which the banking industry has helped to stimulate economic activities in Nigeria and what the prognosis looks like in the post-consolidation era. The paper notes that the banking industry
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TATA Consultancy Services‚ Beating the U.S Financial Crisis 2008 The American market is the hunting-ground for the Indian software companies. Most of its jobs are from the market of U.S. The subprime crisis and the subsequent freezing of purchase decisions in the U.S have brought home to the Indian information technology service (ITS) companies the recklessness of depending almost entirely on that one market. India’s top five ITS companies – TCS‚ Infosys‚ Wipro‚ Satyam and HCL Tech – collectively
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international financial markets of advanced economies‚ that started around mid-2007‚ has exacerbated substantially since August 2008. The financial market crisis has led to the collapse of major financial institutions and is now beginning to impact the real economy in the advanced economies. As this crisis is unfolding‚ credit markets appear to be drying up in the developed world India‚ like most other emerging market economies‚ has so far‚ not been seriously affected by the recent financial turmoil in
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discussing the importance financial intermediaries have in an economy. This report is a summary of my findings gathered from books‚ magazine articles‚ Monash online database‚ speeches‚ newspaper articles and websites. It will explain to both peers and younger generations how financial intermediaries aid the flow of money in the financial world. In this report I will be looking closely at the roles of banks and how they have been affected by and dealt with the Global Financial Crisis. I was able to complete
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books‚ banks are likely to build on the generally impressive H1‚ 2011 earnings performance despite a challenging operating environment. Banking in Q3: A Challenging Macroeconomic Turf • Nigeria’s macroeconomic story in Q3 was far from exciting as headwinds from the global economy continued to exert pressure on corporate performance and the financial market in particular. The world continued to grapple with the fear of a double dip recession while the quest for safety and liquidity persistently
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Banking Industry in UK 1.0 Introduction The UK Banking sector is the world’s third largest in terms of Return on capital & efficiency after USA and Japan. Around 3.5% of the total UK’s workforce is working in banking sector and it is providing services to 95% of the population. UK is considered as Investment Hub for Private Banking & Investment in the international Market. 2.0 Size and Importance of Banking Industry to National Economy The UK Banking sector is one of the largest sectors to the
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APRIL 2009 The financial crisis in the US: key events‚ causes and responses The current financial crisis started in the US housing market in 2007. The crisis spread across the world and severely damaged the economies of many countries‚ including the US‚ and reached a new level in September 2008 as a number of prominent US-based financial institutions‚ including AIG and Lehman Brothers‚ collapsed. This Research Paper first examines the underlying causes of the crisis in the US. In particular
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An Overview of the Canadian Financial-Services Sector: Banking Industry What is a financial intermediary? A financial intermediary is an organization that raises money from investors and provides financing for individuals‚ companies and other organizations. Intermediaries are a stop on the road between savings and real investment. Mutual funds and pension funds are two important classes of intermediaries. A financial institution usually suggests a more complicated intermediary doing more than
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Banking Sector in Bangladesh Introduction The Jews in Jerusalem introduced a kind of banking in the form of money lending before the birth of Christ. The word ’bank’ was probably derived from the word ’bench’ as during ancient time Jews used to do money -lending business sitting on long benches. First modern banking was introduced in 1668 in Stockholm as ’Svingss Pis Bank’ which opened up a new era of banking activities throughout the European Mainland. In the South Asian region‚ early banking
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The Monetary Policies of the Asian Financial Crisis and its Ramifications Introduction: At the end of the 1980s and early 1990s‚ the economies of Southeast Asia developed rapidly. Thailand‚ Malaysia‚ Indonesia‚ Singapore and Korea experienced an average annual GDP growth of 12%‚ which was called “the Asian miracle”. Among them‚ Thailand experienced approximately 15% GDP growth‚ and Malaysia experienced almost 20% GDP growth. But this momentum of economic growth did not last long. This rapid development
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