What is bank? Finance is the life blood of trade‚ commerce and industry. Now -a-days‚ banking sector acts as the backbone of modern business. The term bank is derived from the French word Banco which means a Bench or Money exchange table. In olden days‚ European money lenders or money changers used to display (show) coins of different countries in big heaps (quantity) on benches or tables for the purpose of lending or exchanging. A bank is a financial institution which deals with deposits
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------------------------------------------------- List of banks in the Philippines From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The Philippines has a comprehensive banking system encompassing various types of banks‚ from large universal banks to small rural banks and even non-banks. As at 31 March 2011‚ there are 19 universal banks‚ 19 commercial banks‚ 73 thrift banks‚ 595 rural banks‚ 40 credit unions and 15 non-banks with quasi-banking functions‚ all licensed with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas(Central Bank of the Philippines) under Republic
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BRAC Bank Share Price BDT 792 Ordinary Shares (mill) 15.8 Free Float 50% 12 wk High/Low (BDT.) 746.25/1690 Average Daily Volume (Shares) 97‚838 Market Capital BDT (mill) 12‚656.16 Reserve & Surplus (mill) 902.03 BRAC Bank Limited‚ with institutional shareholdings by BRAC‚ International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Shorecap International‚ has been the fastest growing Bank in 2004 and 2005. BRAC Bank has been rated as one of the four most successful and sustainable SME Banks in the
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and for the period of its actual utilization. Generally an overdraft facility is given by a bank on the basis of a written application and a promissory note signed by the customer. In such cases an express contract comes into existence. In some cases‚ in the absence of an express contract to grant overdraft‚ such an agreement can be inferred from the course of business. Cash withdrawals from a bank account already overdrawn will automatically increase the size of the overdraft. An overdraft
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Investment banks do not engage in retail banking DIFFERENCES WITH COMMERCIAL BANKING DIFFERENCES WITH COMMERCIAL BANKING DEPOSITS LOANS DIFFERENCES WITH COMMERCIAL BANKING 1933 Glass-Steagall Act In the US‚ Investment and Commercial banking activities were separated - I.B.’s were no longer allowed to receive customer deposits and offer retail banking services. - Comm. Banks no longer allowed to underwrite securities. Glass-Steagall Act repealed in 1999. Today Today‚ large US banks (e.g.‚ Bank of
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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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STUDY ON INNOVATIVE PRODUCT AND SERVICES IN AXIS BANK Executive Summary The project is based on the product and services of Axis bank. AXIS Bank is India’s third largest private sector bank. It started its operation in 1994 and after that‚ the Government of India allowed new private banks to be established. Before it was as United Trust of India (UTI) bank that had a special position in the Indian capital markets and has promoted
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I-Part 1: 1.0 Organizational Overview: AB Bank is known as one of leading bank of the country since its commencement 28 years ago. It continues to remain updated with the latest products and services‚ considering consumer and client perspectives. AB Bank has thus been able to keep their consumer’s and client’s trust while upholding their reliability‚ across time. In spite of adverse market conditions‚ AB Bank Limited which turned 28 this year‚ concluded the 2008 financial year with good results
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Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail banking‚ credit cards‚ corporate banking‚ investment banking‚ wealth management and investment management services with an extensive international presence in Europe‚ the Americas‚ Africa and Asia. With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking‚ Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs nearly 147‚000 people. Barclays moves‚ lends‚ invests‚ protects money for more than 48 million customers and clients worldwide
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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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