Banking and insurance: The money market
Case study - 26 pages - Finance
The money market is a market for financial assets that are close substitutes for money. It is a market for overnight to short-term funds and instruments having a maturity period of one or less than one year. It is not a place (like the Stock Market), but an activity conducted by telephone. The...
Globalization and the unmarked inclination in the Indian banking sector
Thesis - 6 pages - Finance
The banking sector is in a transitional mode moving towards a vibrant global market and sophisticated information technology. Due to this changing scenario, banks are paying more attention to expanding their activities from just lending and borrowing to other ends like, insurance merchant...
Internet banking
Thesis - 24 pages - Finance
This project deals with the origin of Internet and the World Wide Web. It also emphasizes on the development of e-commerce and with it the development of Internet banking. We have seen how traditional banking was done and how the Internet has revolutionized banking. We have also dealt with the...
Marketing audit - Bank of America
Essay - 9 pages - Services marketing
Bank of America has undergone many changes in the past four years, through a variety of Merger and Acquisition activities. While these Mergers and Acquisitions have aided Bank of America in gaining additional geography and market share, these same activities have also posed...
Competition in the banking industry
Essay - 4 pages - Finance
Nowadays, the banking industry has become significantly more competitive than in the past and competition is likely to increase further. New competitive pressures are emerging from abroad, owing to the liberalization of international banking and capital flows, and as a result of the adoption of...
Textbooks say that banks transform risks: What are the risks involved? and how are they transformed?
Essay - 4 pages - Finance
Financial crisis may be very damaging for the whole society, as bank failures can either lead to runs or to panic. Bank runs occurs when problems at a bank “undermine depositors' confidence.” The depositors' reaction is to rush to withdraw their money since they...
The Chinese banking system
Thesis - 5 pages - Finance
The Central Bank is the only monetary policy-making and policy-executing entity in the Republic of China. Its organization structure is split into two independent entities: The decision-making body and the decision-executing body. The decision-making body, which is more important, is...
Specific considerations that would have to be made by a Chief Financial Officer working with a non-profit organization with respect to borrowing and depositing monies in Triodos Bank.
Essay - 3 pages - Accounting
Identification The development of Triodos Bank is one that has notable implications for the development of both the banking and nonprofit or voluntary sector. With the ability to match investments with deposits in an environmentally friendly manner, the organization has created a positive...
Investment Banking
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
Investment banking activities make up the majority of bank's services. Investment bankers are responsible for generating customers, introduce them with the kind of services available by ascertaining their financial needs and manage their accounts. However, unlike typical banking...
Data Mining and Warehousing and its Impact on Banking Organizations
Essay - 5 pages - Computer science
Over the course of the last several years, the development and proliferation of information technology has impacted most industries. As the result of new technology, organizations are now able to collect and analyze data for the development and implementation of new products and services. Nowhere...
The World Bank
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Political science
It is truly shocking the controversy that is stirred by the World Bank. What is even more shocking is how truly complex the group's operations actually are. With novels being published written strictly about “The Case Against the World Bank” (Danaher), it is probably...
The Troubles With Banking: Implanting Submissiveness, Instilling Patriotism
Essay - 3 pages - Literature
Paulo Freire's “problem-posing” instructional method in his essay “The ‘Banking' Concept of Education” is an essential educational technique. Freire's proposed approach to education not only calls for change in educational practices, it also holds greater sociopolitical...
Bank of America
Essay - 17 pages - Business strategy
Background Information History of the Company Bank of America is one of the oldest and largest banks in the United States. With its home office in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bank of America is the third-largest commercial bank in terms of assets. Additionally, the...
Overview of the World Bank organization, the positive contributions that the organization has made to the development of Third World countries, and the specific policies that have been criticized by world leaders
Essay - 9 pages - Government finance
The World Bank was created in the aftermath of World War II with the intention of helping all countries in Europe rebuild in a positive and prosperous manner. Since this time, the World Bank has undergone many changes and refocused its strategies for development. Today, the World...
The Digital Transformation of BNP Paribas
Case study - 15 pages - Bank marketing
This report will focus on a traditional French bank: BNP Paribas. Indeed, the objective will be to take a look at its evolution since its creation and how it has adapted to the evolution of technology. Faced with a growing Fintech industry, it is interesting to understand how BNP Paribas...
Introduction to economic principles and terminology
Course material - 20 pages - Theories and economic notions
Economics is currently in a phase of uncertainty: economics is not an exact science. There is a rising trade war between the US and mainly but not only China. The US also has trade disagreements with the EU and its partners in NAFTA (North American Free Trade Association: Canada and Mexico)....
A comparison of PayPal, AliPay and similar payment systems - What were the success factors behind them? What are their challenges for success?
Sectorial analysis - 15 pages - Digital & e-marketing
E-payment or electronic payment is a means of conducting commercial transactions for the exchange of goods or services over the Internet. The focus on e-payment services that support B2C e-commerce transactions or P2P consumer-to-consumer electronic payments are innovations that enable a new...
The Impact of the 2007/2008 financial crisis on the UK economy - Can we identify indicators of a possible future UK financial crash?
Dissertation - 6 pages - Economy general
Ten years ago the world economies were hit by the financial crash which exposed countries of their weakness and almost collapsed some of the biggest banks in the world. The crash exposed the weakness of banks their reserves held were less than 1% of equity well below a level that...
Standard Chartered - Strategy in APAC
Case study - 19 pages - Business strategy
The total exposure of the Retail Banking portfolio under moratoria is $2.4 billion, of which $1.8 billion (74 percent) is from residential mortgages, which is secured against properties with an average loan-to-value of less than 40 percent.
Financial Market and Sustainable / Green Finance
Dissertation - 18 pages - Finance
In April 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report focusing on the mitigation of climate change. The experts underline the emergency of a new way of life in order to limit global warming to 1,5°C. To respect the agreement taken during the COP 21, the IPCC proposes...
Financial tools and reflection - Presentation of an investment plan
Case study - 2 pages - Finance
Depositors earn interest on their savings deposits and on some demand deposits. Most also offer CDs and money market deposit accounts that pay slightly higher interest rates. The federal government insures deposits, including CDs and money market accounts, up to $100,000 per depositor at a given...
Is the fragmentation of International Law a pathological phenomenon or the sign of a healthy pluralism?
Essay - 4 pages - International law
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Articles of Agreement of 1944 emphasizes that the World Bank must disregard political factors and solely base its decisions and operation on economic grounds. Highlighting that the consent-based nature of the international...
Employee Selestion Techniques for a Customer Advisor
Case study - 2 pages - Management
For this assignment, the elected job is Customer Advisor in the bank HSBC. This job is interesting to study because it is multi-tasking and requires soft skills. What's more, the banking context is very specific, for it deals everyday with sensitive data and complicated situations....
The Missing Wealth of Nations - Gabriel Zucman (2013) - The Magnitude of the Hidden Offshore Wealth
Text commentary - 4 pages - Finance
Gabriel Zucman's The Missing Wealth of Nations is built around the solution to the following empirical puzzle: official statistics show that, at the global level, national liabilities exceed assets. In theory, it should not be possible, as a liability recorded in one place must be equalled by...
Impact of Monetary Policy on South African inequality
Case study - 5 pages - Economic politics
In 1994 the first democratic elections in South Africa brought about the promise of equal opportunity and overall improvement of living standards. However, 26 years later the high levels of South African inequality still remain. This level of inequality has been institutionalised in the economy...
Is it true that entrepreneurs should always regard venture capitalists as the enemy?
Essay - 4 pages - Finance
When it comes to Finance, Economics, Business or a similar domain, we often, in one way or another, see the intervention of concepts such as Entrepreneurship and Capital venture. These are two concepts that meet at a certain level when doing business. In fact, before defining the concepts, it is...
Business organization global overview - HSBC's company
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
HSBC comes from an old British colony's trading house located in Hong Kong's during the XIXe c. Later, in 1991, the business structure has been then turned into a British multinational banking and financial services holding company. This is one of the largest banks in the world,...
How does the measures taken by Erdogan these last two decades impact the lira's exchange rate nowadays?
Essay - 3 pages - Economic politics
Turkey began the new millennium in 2000 with the most severe economic crisis of its history. This crisis, which followed the currency crisis of 1994, had a strong impact on the Turkish financial system, as it led to a fall in capital inflows coming from foreign investors. This striking event is...
Foundations of Economics and Sociology Foundations of Economics
Course material - 25 pages - Economy general
It is within the multiple and different enterprises, which together define to a large extent a national economy, that the observation of economic and social facts is the most extensive and undoubtedly the most visible. The company is a reality that weaves its way through our daily lives because...
Country risk: macro-financial economic model and crises
Worksheets - 8 pages - Economy general
Finance is widely viewed as a driver of growth, through various channels, but growth is also a driver of finance. Ross Levine, author of many studies of the subject, strongly supports that financial development is key in the overall development of a country.
