THE BANKING INDUSTRY AND THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY POST-CONSOLIDATION By B. B. EBONG GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC ABSTRACT Against the backdrop of the role of banks as financial intermediaries and their function as the engine of growth of the economy‚ this paper examines the extent to which the banking industry has helped to stimulate economic activities in Nigeria and what the prognosis looks like in the post-consolidation era. The paper notes that the banking industry
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INDIAN BANKING INDUSTRY Banking forms the back bone of the country. Banks are special as they not only accept and deploy large amounts of uncollateralized public funds in fiduciary capacity‚ but also leverage such funds through credit creation. They directly or indirectly affect the growth of the country. Banking in India has gone through different phases of nationalization and liberalization. In confront of American crisis‚ evolving technology‚ growing Indian economy and further liberalization
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being the largest. Barclays Kenya was listed in the Nairobi Stock Exchange in 1986. 1.3 Statement of the problem In the Banking industry‚ a major challenge has been recruiting candidates with the right academic qualifications‚ experience and who can be trained on the job to become a company asset. The researchers’ desire is to find out the factors that affect banking industries in the recruitment process. 1.4 Objectives of the study 1.4.1 General objectives The general objective of the study was
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Australia’s Banking Industry Date: May 2011 Disclaimer This publication has been prepared as a general overview of the Banking Industry in Australia and does not constitute and is not intended to constitute financial product advice as defined under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwth). Nothing in this document should be construed as a recommendation or statement of opinion intended to influence a person in making an investment decision. The information is made available on the strict understanding
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Banking Sector in Bangladesh Introduction The Jews in Jerusalem introduced a kind of banking in the form of money lending before the birth of Christ. The word ’bank’ was probably derived from the word ’bench’ as during ancient time Jews used to do money -lending business sitting on long benches. First modern banking was introduced in 1668 in Stockholm as ’Svingss Pis Bank’ which opened up a new era of banking activities throughout the European Mainland. In the South Asian region‚ early banking
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Title Consultation for the Bank of China bad customer services experience and less professional image in investment image. Project Requirements Bank of China is one of main bankers in banking industry. BOC has around 200 branchs in Hong Kong area. It provided allround banking servics such as account services‚ cash deposite‚ MPF‚ investment services‚ credit card‚ currency exchange and loan services etc...... Due to Bank of China established in Hong Kong 100 years‚ their major customer is in
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banks’ earnings. With fading concerns on asset quality‚ shifting competitive landscape and expanding loan books‚ banks are likely to build on the generally impressive H1‚ 2011 earnings performance despite a challenging operating environment. Banking in Q3: A Challenging Macroeconomic Turf • Nigeria’s macroeconomic story in Q3 was far from exciting as headwinds from the global economy continued to exert pressure on corporate performance and the financial market in particular. The world continued
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Core banking and its importance in today’s banking environment 1.1. Definition and functionality Before elucidating what drives banks to modernize their core banking systems and how to start a major project like this it is important to understand what the term core banking refers to and how a core banking system is defined. The answer to the question “what is a core banking system?” varies by whom you ask. However‚ the answer is significant for the scope of a core banking modernization initiative
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CSR Over the last two decades‚ the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has attracted considerable attention academic circles as well as in practice. CSR has been the subject of much researched and one of most intensely debated issue among scholars and practitioners (Mcdonald and Thiele‚ 2007; Yeh and Li‚ 2009; Mandhachitar and Poolthong‚ 2009; Maignan and Ferrell‚ 2005; Dincer and Dincer‚ 2012; Barone‚ Mizaki and Taylor‚ 2000). The benefits of companies engaging in CSR activities
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1.0 Introduction As part of their lives‚ individuals are engaged in generating wealth and using this for their own prosperity.The management of this created wealth is an important issue‚ as individuals are expected to also manage their lives with this wealth. It is the concern of this study to investigate how wealth is perceived by wassiyah method and how it is distributed by individuals in the form of inheritance. Islamic theory of wealth provides useful guidelines in relation to wealth ownership
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