BANKING INDUSTRY OF PAKISTAN: PERFORMANCES AND CONSTRAINS Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan for Media Monitors Network (MMN) – July 24‚ 2004 - http://www.mediamonitors.net/biopakbymuhkhan.html Banking is one of the most sensitive businesses all over the world. Banks play very important role in the economy of a country and Pakistan is no exemption. Banks are custodian to the assets of the general masses. The banking sector plays a significant role in a contemporary world of money and economy. It influences
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Technology (ICT) and Banking Industry Alawode‚ Ademola John+ Emmanuel Uche Kaka** * Department of Computer Science‚ Federal Polytechnic Ilaro‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria ** First Bank Nigeria PLC‚ Ahoada Branch‚ Rivers State‚ Nigeria. Abstract Information and Communication Technology‚ the language of the new age and its grammar which is Science has become an indispensable and veritable tool for enhancing effectiveness and efficiency in all other aspects of life. Banking industry has learnt the grammar
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that generally covers the harnessing of electronic technology for the Information needs of a business at all levels. Ifezue (2003:38) lists some banking services that had been revolutionized through the use of information technology as including account opening‚ customer account mandate‚ and transaction processing and recording. The financial service industry had been subjected to various major transformations due to advancement in computers and telecommunications. Information technology (IT) infrastructures
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Consolidated Banking Sector of Nigeria: Rhetorics or Realities J. David Agaba and M.S. Tenuche Department of Political Science Kogi State University‚ Anyigba Abstract: This paper interrogates the implications of the global economic meltdown on the Nigeria Economy within the framework of a consolidated Banking sector. It investigates the ability of the Nigerian financial sector to withstand the challenges of the global economic meltdown in the face of the current crisis facing the banking sector. W e
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1.1 Introduction Banks are playing a very important role in the economic development of a nation. The healthiness of the economy is directly connected to the soundness of its banking system. The role of banks has placed them as a very valuable partner in the process of economic development. Nowadays‚ banks are very useful for the utilization of the assets of a nation. If there would be no banks then a large segment of assets in the country would stay idle. It is possible to attaining long-term
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30.6 billion) by March 2005. • The increase in purchasing power is driving demand across sectors‚ be it loans‚ cars‚ phones or consumer durables. For instance‚ the average value of housing loans disbursed by India’s largest home finance bank HDFC was around USD 7600 in 2002; it increased to about USD 10‚400 in 2004. Similarly‚ 5.5 million two wheelers were sold per month throughout 2004— compared to less than 1 million a month ten years ago |Growth of Retail Loans over the years
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THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON NIGERIA’S ECONOMY The global financial crisis began in the United States of America and the United Kingdom when the global credit market came to a standstill in July 2007 (Avgouleas‚ 2008). The crisis‚ brewing for a while‚ really started to show its effects in the middle of 2008. Around the world stock markets have fallen‚ large financial institutions have collapsed or been bought out‚ and governments in even the wealthiest nations have had to come up with
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THE EFFECT OF GLOBALIZATION ON NIGERIA CULTURE - Nneka Oringamje Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationship of culture‚ people and economic activity. While culture on the other hand‚ is the recognition of good literature‚ enjoyment of good music‚ food and arts. According to Anthropologist Edward B. Taylor in his book‚ Primitive Culture‚ published in 1871. Taylor said that culture is "that complex whole which includes knowledge‚ belief‚ art‚ law‚ morals‚ custom‚ and any other
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THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE BANK PERFORMANCE (NIGERIA IN PERSPECTIVES) BY HASSAN KAWU A DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING NIGER STATE POLY BIDA CAMPUS ABSTRACT Some of the topical issues posing serious challenges to both the public and private sectors are advances in technology. The sector that has been most radically affected by these developments is the financial sectors. The information technology has become a critical business resource because
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a nation-wide concern in Nigeria in recent years. Almost everyday television broadcast‚ shows‚ newspapers‚ magazines and internet websites run and re-run pictures of dramatic acts of violence carried out by this ferocious sect. It is often hard not to be scared when we see gruesome pictures of people killed or maimed by Boko Haram in office buildings‚ public buses or trains‚ and on the streets. The federal government seems weak in maintaining law and order in Nigeria and lacks a viable strategy
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