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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change that took place in Kwangju bank in Korea‚ and how this has impacted their business. The goal of competing in the global market In 1989‚ Kwangju bank had been losing money‚ partly due to foreign exchange fraud‚ possibly partly due to computer problems (Kang‚ para.1). As a response to the problems that the bank was experiencing‚ the board of directors brought in a new chairman‚ Mr. Song Byungsoon. One of his objectives for the new business of the bank was to be able to compete in the
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KM tigers ICICI Bank has grown six-fold since its KM strategy was established in 2000‚ making it the second biggest in India today. But that strategy has been robust enough to grow with it. Central to ICICI Bank’s success has been its flexible‚ innovative methods‚ and a plethora of KM tools that were cannily marketed to staff from the very start. By Deepa Prabhu ICICI was founded in the mid-1950s at the behest of the World Bank‚ the Indian government and various ‘captains of industry’ in
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Banks in the 1920s were built around a system of credit and mutual dependency with banks largely relying on the stability of others incase of emergency. Banks had to be registered with the National Reserve to operate with roughly 30‚000 National Reserve banks housing different portions of the country’s financial reserves. Each bank in turn also had its own reserves to account for the various loans and issued currency. With this system banks were intended to cooperate and move money as needed to other
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Case Study on Barclays Bank Introduction This case study paper will analyze the economics of Barclays‚ one of the largest financial providers in the UK and in the world. It will also use Barclay’s example to illustrate the peculiarities of banking industry functioning. Overview of the Business Barclays is an international financial services provider operating in more than 50 countries and serving more than 42 million customers worldwide. It engages in commercial banking‚ investment banking‚ wealth
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CASE STUDIES—MENTON BANK Study Questions 1. Identify the steps taken by Menton Bank to develop a stronger customer orientation in its retail branches. 2. Compare and contrast the jobs of CAR and CSR. How important is each (a) to bank operations and (b) to customer satisfaction? 3. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Karen Mitchell and other candidates for head CSR. 4. What action do you recommend for filling the head CSR position?
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times. Incompatibility issues with newer technology‚ residual process complexity‚ local adaptation and non-standard data definitions are just some of the problems that arise when a company tries to figure out how to handle their legacy systems. Jay Dvivedi came across some of these problems when he was charged with overhauling the IT infrastructure of the newly conceived Shinsei Bank. Dvivedi quickly realized that the old legacy systems were almost entirely useless to the new business model
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Boubyan Bank - Kuwait CASE STUDY Boubyan Bank was established in 2004 by Ameri decree. It was the first Islamic bank after KFH who was monopolized the Islamic banking market for more than 25 years. This was a big challenge for Boubyan to show its ability to compete. At the beginning Boubyan show some good performance compared to the size of the bank and the limited experience‚ at this stage Boubyan did not use any information system technology to support the sales strategy and everything was
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Name Professor Course Date due Equity Bank Group Equity bank group is a financial institution based in Kenya‚ East Africa‚ offering a variety of financial services. This company was founded in 1984 as a minor institution‚ specializing in mortgage financing‚ which targeted the low income earners. Based on the fact that Kenya is a developing country characterized by majority of citizens earning less than adequate income‚ the target population acted as strength and thus contributed to the company’s
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http://socialentrepreneurshipximb.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/review-of-the-book-banker-to-the-poor-by-muhammad-yunus-by-lg-9/ Social Entrepreneurship exploring the unexplored………. GRAMEEN BANK – The bank for the poor. In 2006 Mohammed Yunus and the Grameen bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize‚ “for their efforts to create economic and social development from below”. Analyzed the root cause of the misery of the rural women of Bangladesh who work hard day and night and are still
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