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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Credit CARD Act SUMMARY “THE CREDIT CARD ACCOUNTABILITY RESPONSIBILITY AND DISCLOSURE ACT” The CARD Act of 2009 May 19‚ 2009 Prevents Unfair Increases in Interest Rates and Changes in Terms • Prohibits arbitrary interest rate increases and universal default on existing balances; • Requires a credit card issuer who increases a cardholder’s interest rate to periodically review and decrease the rate if indicated by the review; • Prohibits credi
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BANK LOANS- statistics project on bank loans 1. Introduction This study has been conducted in order to obtain some extra information regarding credit retrieval from banks. We have collected data from 120 people which have contracted bank loans‚ by asking them to answer our questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of 15 interconnected questions we consider relevant and might help interpret the results better. In a loan‚ the borrower initially receives an amount of money‚ called the principal
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International Business Case Analysis 1 Alpen Bank: Launching the credit card in Romania Name: Xiao Zheng #701369253 Subject: Alpen Bank: Launching the credit card in Romania Course Number: IB207 Instructor: James Neelankavil‚ PH.D. Date: 09/25/2011 Problem Definition In 2006‚ the country manager for Alpen Bank in Romania‚ Gregory Carle‚ considers whether to recommend the launch of a credit card business and add 5 million of annual profit to the Consumer Bank segment within two years. The firm rejected
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Credit Control Contents Why should you have an effective credit control policy? What should your credit policy contain? How can you assess what a customer is worth? Why should your customer’s identity be important? Limited liability partnerships. Confusion over trading names Business Names Act 1985 How do you assess your customer’s credit risk? Why should data protection be important? Who is protected by the Data Protection Act? How does the Act apply? How should you get consent? Grey areas How
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Thus‚ Basel III was designed to address the weaknesses of the past crisis and to make the banking sector much stronger and efficient enough to face any crisis. The major thrust area of Basel III is improvement of quantity and quality of capital of banks‚ with stronger supervision‚ risk management and disclosure standards. These measures aim to 1. Improve the banking sector’s ability to absorb shocks arising from financial and economic stress. 2. Improve risk management and governance. 3. Strengthen
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Essay Debt Credit card debt is one of this nation’s leading internal problems‚ and it has been for around the last 3-4 decades. When credit was first introduced‚ and up until around the late 1970’s up to today‚ the standards for getting a credit card were very high; so not everybody could get one. The bar got lowered and lowered to where‚ eventually‚ an 18 year-old college student with almost no income and nothing to base a credit score on previously could obtain a credit card (much like myself)
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ARE CREDIT CARDS REALLY HELPFUL? Money has always been an issue of extreme importance to everyone and especially to business-minded people who strive on having more and more of it in everyway possible. Ways to deal with finances in all its aspects have preoccupied the minds and legal thinkers of financial companies all over the world. In the late 1960’s‚ banks started introducing credit cards and this started a "credit card boom" that is continuing until now. There are so many types of
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The Credit Crisis & the Resulting Effects on the Financial World Introduction The financial crisis of 2007 until present is a financial event that borders on what many say is as bad if not worse than the great depression. It has caused repercussions that cannot be afforded to be forgotten going into the future. One of the major events that kick-started the decline of the banking system as well as causing major liquidity issues in debt markets was the housing bubble burst. This forced
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the main Methods of Credit Control? The most important function of the Central Bank is to control credit. The Central Bank uses various methods to control credit. This method can be classified into two broad categories. They are: Methods of Credit Controls Quantitative Methods 1. Bank rate policy 2. Open market operations 3. Variation of cash reserve ratio 4. ’Repo’ or Repurchase Transactions Qualitative Methods 1. Fixation of margin requirements 2. Rationing of credit 3. Regulation of consumer
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