The Evolution Of Banking by Andrew Beattie (Contact Author | Biography) With the exception of the extremely wealthy‚ very few people buy their homes in all-cash transactions. Most of us need a mortgage or some form of credit to make such a large purchase. In fact‚ many people use credit in the form of credit cards to pay for everyday items. The world as we know it wouldn’t run smoothly without credit and banks to issue it. In this article we’ll‚ explore the birth of these two now-flourishing industries
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Roles of an Investment Banker The primary function that an investment banker would carry out is assisting the companies to raise money through various measures like the sale of the traditional securities in the markets. These securities can be bonds‚ preferred stocks or common stock options. An investment bank provides three primary functions for its clients‚ while raising money for them 1. Investigation Any company that wants to raise money will be approaching an investment banking firm or a
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HISTORY OF CONVENTIONAL BANKING Around 2000 BC‚ banking was initiated by farmers and traders in Babylonia whereby‚ grain loans were made. Later‚ this new mode of ‘trading’ spread to Greece. Some developments were emerging as deposits and money exchange were initiated. Modern banking took birth in Italy in the 14th century and the most famous conventional bank was Medici Bank. The bank system spread to Europe‚ in Amsterdam in the 16th century where much innovation took place‚ in London in the 17th
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Business Advisory Service Legal responsibilities for business owners Advise for new business owners about: * Legal status and risk involved * Contract Law * Consumer legislation Legal Status When starting up a business‚ one should decide which legal status to choose. Each legal status has its own different responsibilities and there are some risks involved. There are three types of legal status: sole trader‚ partnership and limited companies (Ltd & Plc). * Sole
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RETAIL BANKING DEFINITION: “Retail banking is typical mass-market banking where individual customers use local branches of larger commercial banks. Services offered include: savings and checking accounts‚ mortgages‚ personal loans‚ debit cards‚ credit cards‚ and so” The Retail Banking environment today is changing fast. The changing customer demographics demands to create a differentiated application based on scalable technology‚ improved service and banking convenience. Higher
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BANKING TERMS PAGE-1 The basic banking terms are frequently asked in all the Bank Interviews. These terms are useful not only for your interview but also for your general knowledge. Knowledge and Understanding of Important Banking terms play a very crucial role in the final selection. Account Agreement: The contract governing your open-end credit account‚ it provides information on changes that may occur to the account. Account History: The payment history of an account over a specific period
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What are the impacts of the global financial crisis on Islamic banking system and how Islamic bank spared from the crisis? Accounting Master ’s thesis Salad Addawe 2012 Department of Accounting Aalto University School of Economics i What are the impacts of the global financial crisis on Islamic banking system and how Islamic bank spared from the crisis? Master’s Thesis Salad Araye Addawe Winter 2012 Accounting Approved in the Department of
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global Islamic finance industry‚ providing strategic insights from Ernst & Young Dear Banking & Finance Leader‚ It is with great pleasure that we present to you the 9th annual edition of the World Islamic Banking Competitiveness Report 2012/13‚ developed in collaboration with leading global professional services and advisory firm Ernst & Young‚ and exclusively launched onsite at the 19th Annual World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC 2012) during a specially convened WIBC plenary session held on the
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INTRODUCTION A bank service helps to distribute resources of a nation from a high concentrated area to a low concentrated area‚ to facilitate national growth and development. But numerous external forces shape the market of bank service (Zeithaml‚ Bitner‚ and Gremler‚ 2009)). The service is affected by economic‚ technological‚ demographic‚ socio-cultural‚ political and legal factors. The level of prosperity‚ changing levels of disposal income‚ inflation rates‚ stock market performance‚ the rate
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The use of a bank located outside the legal jurisdiction of the country of one’s residence for all banking and financial services can be called offshore banking. Offshore banks normally are situated in tax havens and provide secrecy and safety for the depositors. It was the English who coined the word offshore to specify tax havens located in the British Channel Islands‚ which were actually off the shores of Great Britain. The banks located in these islands offering tax savings were the pioneers
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