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Japan; Financial Sector Assessment Program—Technical Note on Credit Intermediation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This paper is an analysis of Japan’s credit channel. The economic condition has no hindrance, but credit demand showed an inert performance. The state’s policies have helped the flow of finance and prevent bankruptcy, but several other aspects act as an impediment to credit...
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FinTech and SMEs financing : a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis
Sanga, Bahati; Aziakpono, Meshach Jesse - In: Digital business 3 (2023) 2, pp. 1-12
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face obstacles in raising capital and accessing financial services due to information asymmetry, high transaction costs and lack of collateral. FinTech developments have made gathering and sharing information easier, changed how funds are mobilized and...
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Show Me the Money; Access to Finance for Small Borrowers in Canada
Klyuev, Vladimir - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper examines access to business finance by Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to housing finance by Canadian households (particularly non-prime borrowers) against the background of a fairly concentrated and protected banking industry. It finds access broadly adequate...
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Financing SMEs in Europe
Balling, Morten (ed.); Bernet, Beat (ed.); Gnan, Ernest (ed.) - Conference on "Financing SMEs in Europe" <2008, Paris>; … - 2009
Small and medium-sized enterprises are a centrepiece of Europe's economy. Due to their limited size and their generally lower creditworthiness, their access to financial market instruments is more limited than for large enterprises, which benefit from more elaborate Treasury operations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011705468
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Bank size and risk-taking under Basel II
Hakenes, Hendrik; Schnabel, Isabel - 2006
We analyze the relationship between bank size and risk-taking under the New Basel Capital Accord. Using a model with imperfect competition and moral hazard, we show that the introduction of an internal ratings based (IRB) approach improves upon flat capital requirements if the approach is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010366524
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Credit guarantee scheme and small and medium-sized enterprise finance : the case of Turkey
Yağcı, Mustafa - 2018
This study examines the recently revived credit guarantee fund (KGF) mechanism in Turkey from a comparative historical …-based financial system in Turkey, state banks and the public sector, was unable to resolve the access to finance problem of SMEs in … financial crisis has exacerbated the access to finance problem of Turkish SMEs. This paper posits that, for Turkey to resolve …
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Republic of Madagascar; Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, and Anti-Mon...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The insurance sector is underdeveloped and has been inadequately supervised to date, as the regulator lacks the requisite independence, skills, and resources. The three public pension systems, which cover less than 10 percent of the active population, appear to be fiscally unsustainable. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244181
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Slovak Republic; Financial System Stability Assessment Update, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision and Insurance...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper presents the Slovak Republic’s Financial System Stability Assessment Update including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Banking Supervision and Insurance Regulation. Commercial banks are by far the dominant financial institutions, though nonbank financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244278
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Sweden; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note on Stress Testing of the Banking Sector
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
Although Sweden has recovered from the financial crisis, authorities have already initiated exit measures from crisis response policies. The Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) Update undertook a financial stability analysis of the banking sector, including a comprehensive stress-testing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244366
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Russian Federation; Technical Note on Crisis Management and Crisis Preparedness Frameworks
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
This technical note discusses the lessons learned from the financial crisis in Russia in 2008. The note summarizes key findings and recommendations, and analyzes the institutional framework and coordination arrangements for systemic risk monitoring and crisis management. It also covers crisis...
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