securing the financial system of any economy. The Central Bank of Nigeria‚ led by its Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi‚ has put forward a policy requiring that all cash withdrawals and deposits be set at a daily limit of a maximum of N150‚ 000 while pegging that of corporate entities at N l‚ 000‚000‚ with penalty fees of N100 per extra Nl‚ 000 and N200 per Nl‚ 000 imposed on individual and corporate defaulters respectively. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s reasoning behind this policy could be because
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are unique to each country based on historical‚ economic and institutional imperatives. In Nigeria‚ the reforms in the banking sector preceded against the backdrop of banking crisis due to highly undercapitalization deposit taking banks; weakness in the regulatory and supervisory framework; weak management practices; and the tolerance of deficiencies in the corporate governance behaviour of banks (Uchendu‚ 2005). Banking sector reforms and recapitalization have resulted from deliberate
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Dhaka Bank Limited in the year 1995. The Bank has 55 branches across the country and a wide network of correspondents all over the world. The Bank has plans to open more branches in the current fiscal year to expand the network. The Bank offers the full range of Banking and investment services for personal and corporate customers‚ backed by the latest technology and a team of highly motivated officers and staff. In our effort to provide Excellence in Banking services‚ the Bank has launched
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INVESTMENT POLICY OF COMMERCIAL BANKS (With reference to NABIL Bank Ltd and Nepal Investment Bank Ltd) SUBMITTED BY: Niru Maya Rana Prithvi Narayan Campus Roll No: T.U. Regd. No: A THESIS SUBMITTED TO: Office of the dean Faculty of Management Tribhuwan University In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Business Studies (M.B.S) Kathmandu‚ Nepal June‚ 2009 RECOMMENDATION This is to certify that the thesis Submitted by: Niru
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THE IMPACT OF BANK REGULATION ON THE OPERATIONS OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF HFC BANK. Contents CHAPTER ONE 3 INTRODUCTION 3 1. 1 Background of the Study 3 1.2 Statement of the Problem 4 1.3 Research Objectives 5 1.4 Research Questions 5 1.5 Significance of the research. 5 1.6 Organization of the Study 5 1.7 Limitations of the study 6 Chapter Two 7 Literature Review 7 2.1 Definition of Terminologies 7 2.2 Regulation in the banking industry 8 2.2.1 Objectives
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) takes a number of monetary policy decisions‚ including a change in the level of money supply (M2)‚ the Minimum Rediscount Rate (MRR)‚ or a change in the exchange rate. The central bank defines money supply in two ways: narrow and broad money. Narrow money (M1) is defined to include currency in circulation plus current account deposits with commercial banks. Broad money measures the total volume of money supply in the economy and is defined as narrow money plus savings
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sector of the economy. They are one of the biggest single causes of bank failure and distress in the Nigerian banking system. This study therefore sets out to find the common types of bank fraud that are frequently carried out in the banking system‚ the underlying causes‚ level of staff involvement‚ consequences and possible means of ameliorating the problem. A sample of 100 respondents taken in Benin City‚ capital of Edo State‚ Nigeria was studied by means of field survey tool of questionnaire and the
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33 Functions of Commercial Banks 33.1 Introduction You have studied in the earlier lesson about different types of banks and their nature. It may be of interest to you now to know about the various services/functions performed by commercial banks. In this lesson‚ you will study about the various services provided by commercial banks to the business community in particular and the public in general. 33.2 Objectives After studying this lesson‚ you will be able to describe the various functions
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tSTRUCTURE OF BANKS Commercial banks can be divided into 2 main categories: (1) Scheduled banks (2) Non-scheduled banks (1) Scheduled bank: A scheduled bank is so called because it has been included in the second schedule of Reserve bank of India Act‚ 1934. To be included in the schedule‚ the bank must satisfy the following 3 conditions: (a) It must have paid up capital and reserves of an aggregate value of at least Rs. 5 lakhs; (b) It must satisfy the reserve bank that its affairs
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33.3 Functions of Commercial Banks The functions of a commercial banks are divided into two categories: i) Primary functions‚ and ii) Secondary functions including agency functions. i) Primary functions: The primary functions of a commercial bank include: a) accepting deposits; and b) granting loans and advances; a) Accepting deposits The most important activity of a commercial bank is to mobilise deposits from the public. People who have surplus income and savings find it convenient to
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