Activity-Based Costing in the Service Sector: The East Penn Bank ABSTRACT: This case illustrates why a major segment of the service sector banks - needs accurate cost information to make strategic decisions‚ and how more refined accounting systems help fulfill this need. East Penn Bank is a hypothetical bank that has suffered falling profits despite a shift in customer base toward retail customers‚ which the current information system reports are more profitable than business customers. Following
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Alpen Bank: Launching the Credit Card in Romania Case Study Solution By Liqi Zhou Nov. 5th‚ 2014 To: Gregory Carle From: Liqi Zhou Re: Alpen Bank’s decision of launching credit cards in Romania Date: Nov. 5th‚ 2014 Purpose: The Romania market has huge and increasing profit for credit cards‚ so Alpen Bank should enter it ASAP. Preview: Alpen Bank should launch the credit card now to both middle-class and affluent segments of the market using all possible consumer acquisition methods to capture
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Anthony A. Aderhold BETH 601-80 Case Analysis #2 “US Citizen Bank (A)” Identification: Should Ms. Jefferies submit information or withhold information to a governmental arm‚ even though participation is completely voluntary? Michelle Jefferies is vice president for the Niche Credit Markets Division for US Citizen Bank. During her tenure‚ the development of a college student credit card program has rapidly accelerated. At the same time the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) has requested
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Pilgrim Bank Case September 26‚ 2013 How much do profits vary across customers? Provide statistical support for your answer. Out of a sample of 31‚634 Pilgrim Bank customers‚ from a population of 5 million total‚ and zero missing values‚ profits vary widely. The average customer profitability is $111.50. The minimum value of this data set is -$221 and the maximum is $2071. This describes that there is a very wide range. The median customer profitability is $9 and the standard deviation is $272.84
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The Keystone XL Pipeline: Environmental Impact Abstract. The topic of global oil production is becoming a well-recognized political issue‚ as it should‚ but the environmental impacts need to be addressed as well. The recent development project of the Canadian oil sands has been put into the spotlight after the TransCanada Company applied for a permit allowing their Keystone XL pipeline. Introduction. The Keystone XL pipeline is a project of oil companies invested in tar sands oil‚ which
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Bank Profile Established in 1994‚ ICICI Bank is today the second largest bank in India and among the top 150 in the world. In less than a decade‚ the bank has become a universal bank offering a well diversified portfolio of financial services. It currently has assets of over US$ 79 billion and a market capitalization of US$ 9 billion and services over 14 million customers through a network of about 950 branches‚ 3300 ATM’s and a 3200 seat call center (as of 2007). The hallmark of this exponential
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CONTENTS 1. INVESTMENT BASICS....................................................................................................... 6 What is Investment?...................................................................................................................6 Why should one invest? .............................................................................................................6 When to start Investing?.....................................................................
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CHAPTER- I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Concept of Banking The term “Bank” is derived from the latin word “bancus”‚ Italian word “banca”‚ French word “banque” which means bench used by medieval money exchanges and German word “bank” which means joint stock company. According to oxford dictionary bank means “an establishment for keeping money and valuable safety of the money being paid out on the customer order by means of cheque. Historically‚ banks have been recognized for the great range of financial services
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Problem Statement Can Bank of America initiate‚ renew or terminate different sponsorship opportunities. Which of the different sponsorships will have the biggest ability to help the bank’s business segments accomplish there business objectives‚ and which ones could damage them. Background Bank of America was operating in 29 states‚ District of Colombia and 43 foreign countries‚ serving individual customers‚ small to middle market businesses and large corporations. They provided a diversified
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above to a group of investors three weeks ago. And our bank as a result of unsuccessful investments lost 1.5billion pounds. During the major review of our bank operations‚ main office has found out a lot of problems. Agne‚ maybe you can introduce to us the conclusions. Agne: As you know main office has concluded that: 1. Customers believe Auric Bank charging too much for its services 2. Also Auric Bank no longer has the image of a ‘caring’ bank‚ which is close to its customers and understands their
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