remarked as one of the six great powers in Europe‚ it was the oldest merchant bank in the United Kingdom at the time of its collapse (Robert 2002). Initially its main business was financing foreign trade. After the deregulation of financial market in 1986‚ Barings expanded aggressively into derivative trading and recruited some extreme risk takers. Aiming at being the pioneer in speculative derivative trading‚ The Bank appointed Nick Leeson who seemed to understand financial market as the Chief trader
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What are ‘zombie banks’ The term ‘zombie bank’ was first introduced by Edward Kane in 1987 to describe a bank that has a negative net worth but still continues to operate. A negative net worth means that the fair value of assets is lower than the total value of liabilities. Zombie banks usually have large amounts of non-performing assets on their balance sheets making them unprofitable. A loan is considered to be a non-performing asset if no principal payments or interest have been paid for 90 days
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contract between customers and their banks and building societies that these firms will keep their customers’ information confidential. This confidentiality is not just confined to account transactions – it extends to all the information that the bank has about the customer. But from time to time‚ banks end up releasing information that they should have kept secret about their customers to a third party which sometimes ends up in major consequences for the banks and their customers. Bank’s duty
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examines the foundation and operational systems of the cooperative bank and its attempt to position itself within the context of two generic identities; the cooperative movement and the generic identity of the banking industry. It takes a look at the ethical policy concepts of the bank as its business model and how this has evolved as a differentiation characteristic for the banking industry. It also explores briefly the evolution of the bank since conception‚ its successes and challenges so far‚ and its
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Grameen Bank | | |[pic] | |Type |Body Corporate (Bank Ordinance) | |Industry |Finance | |Founded |1983 | |Headquarters |Dhaka‚ Bangladesh
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services. State Bank of Pakistan was established as the central bank on July 1‚ 1948 to control the financial sector. Subsequent amendments were made to extend the control and functions of SBP through State Bank of Pakistan Act 1956. SBP encouraged the private sector to establish banks and financial institutions in the country. It resulted into unhealthy competition and unlawful practices due to bribe and corruption during the decades of 1950s and 1960s. In 1974‚ all the existing banks were nationalized
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U.S. Citizen: Bank Remittance Program I believe it is ethical for U.S. Citizen Bank to continue their remittance program and to continue to allow the matricula consular card as a proper form of identification. My argument will be that it is more ethical for U.S. bank to offer business to immigrants‚ even if they are illegal immigrants‚ but I believe that the argument that the matricula card is a valid source of identification is false. The matricula consular card is a source of identification
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Female Employees File Lawsuit Against Bank of America March 31 2010‚ three female Financial Adviser filed a national class action lawsuit against Bank of America and Merrill Lynch alleging sex discrimination. The New York Times reports that the lawsuit‚ which was filed in New York‚ claims that the companies have violated several federal and New York state laws‚ including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York State Human Rights Law. Employment lawyer Kelly M. Dermody says
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Commercial banking activity BLF is an old established leading bank in Corporate Banking and an active professional provider of quality services to the Lebanese and regional markets. Our specialized team covers all segments of the business and is fully dedicated and committed to present our clients with needed advisory and adapted solutions to their requirements. Commercial banking activities are carried out through two main commercial divisions: the small and middle market banking division and
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A PROJECT REPORT ON AXIS BANK PRODUCTS‚ SERVICES AND FUNCTIONING SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT OF BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (B&I) GURU GOVIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY‚DELHI SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: Batch No:- 2008-2011 MAHARAJA AGRASEN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES AFFILIATED TO GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY
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