UNIVERSAL BANKING What is Universal Banking? “Banking that includes not only services related to savings and loans but also investments.” This is most common in European countries as it is prohibited by law in the United States. Although‚ in recent times there has been much market pressure in the US for change. In universal banking‚ large banks operate extensive networks of branches‚ provide many different services‚ hold several claims on firms (including equity and debt)‚ and participate
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The American University of Sharjah Fall 11 08 Fall Ghada AL Ghazali ID: 37506‚ Professor: George Naufal The Main concept of Islamic banking vs. conventional banking systems Introduction Islamic finance is one of the fastest growing sectors of the global financial industry. It has become essential in some countries and very relevant in others. Many factors have influenced to the rapid growth of Islamic finance‚ including: (i) high demand in many Islamic countries; (ii) growing
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The Future of Banking: The Mobile Banking Revolution Brett Lord Florida Institute of Technology Strategic Management BUS5480 Professor Uchenna Nwabueze March 24‚ 2013 Abstract Mobile banking changed the landscape of personal banking. As the Internet became more ubiquitous and smartphone and tablet use is increasing‚ the desire for consumers to conduct their banking on the go grew exponentially. Financial institutions are expanding the services offered through mobile banking to attract younger
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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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BANKING SERVICES IN INDIA I. HISTORY OF BANKING IN INDIA There are three different phases in the history of banking in India. 1) Pre-Nationalization Era. 2) Nationalization Stage. 3) Post Liberalization Era. 1) Pre-Nationalization Era: In India the business of banking and credit was practices even in very early times. The remittance of money through Hundies‚ an indigenous credit instrument‚ was very popular. The hundies were issued by bankers known as Shroffs‚ Sahukars
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refreshing piece of banking. As people who are being pursued just for political reasons can get a breather with a place to bank in total secrecy without being subjected to persecutions [as was in the case of the Nazi regime against bank accounts of Jews and other “enemies of the German state” held in Switzerland (McCreery‚ 2007)]. Because of greater privacy with offshore banking‚ people with special needs that are outside the general retail banking’s scope are catered for through private banking (Casu et al
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Government Debt Placement If a central bank has this responsibility‚ it is expected to place government debt on the most favourable terms possible. Essentially‚ a government can instruct the central bank to raise seigniorage income43 through a variety of methods‚ which include a reserve ratio (requiring banks to set aside a certain percentage of their deposits as non-interestearning reserves held at the central bank – an implicit tax)‚ interest ceilings‚ issuing new currency at a rate of exchange
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Internet Banking – Experiences of International markets In the days of virtualisation where working mothers and travelling sales-team prefer to use flexi-time and remote jobs profile; Internet is being adopted as a parallel medium of communication‚ transaction‚ and social networking. Internet banking is fast gaining momentum across the globe for its convenience and ease of conducting transactions at a speed and service levels never dreamt of‚ a decade ago. In-spite of its multiple advantages
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Cross Country Comparison of Efficiency in Investment Banking . Nemanja Radić University of Rome ’’Tor Vergata’’‚ Doctorate of Research in Banking and Finance‚ Via Columbia 2‚ Rome‚ Italy‚ e-mail:radic_n@yahoo.com Franco Fiordelisi University of Rome ’’Federico Caffè’’‚ Department of Management and Law‚ Rome‚ Italy‚ e-mail:fiordeli@uniroma3.it Abstract This paper aims to identify the framework for comparing investment banks efficiencies across nations. In order to overcome traditional
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BANKING TERMS PAGE-1 The basic banking terms are frequently asked in all the Bank Interviews. These terms are useful not only for your interview but also for your general knowledge. Knowledge and Understanding of Important Banking terms play a very crucial role in the final selection. Account Agreement: The contract governing your open-end credit account‚ it provides information on changes that may occur to the account. Account History: The payment history of an account over a specific period
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