Key Principles of co-operation, namely open membership, democratic control, equal voting rights, not-for-profit orientation, localized operations, and personalized services contribute to the strength of co-operative financial institutions. However, mobilization and management of capital in...

Given the in-built risks relating to leverage, liquidity, and fiduciary liability in banking, apartfrom tightly regulating the banks, many the jurisdictions have also put in place depositguarantee schemes for bank customers. However, a deposit guarantee scheme provides a restricted coverage, and...

Quality and efficiency of credit appraisal play a key role in the overall credit risk management framework of banks by addressing the troika of adverse selection, exposure risk, and default risk. Traditional approaches for credit appraisal primarily use techniques of financial statement analysis...

Co-operatives are successful business organisations all over the world and have a presence in almost all spheres of economic activities, including banking and financial services. The success of co-operatives shows that it is possible to simultaneously pursue both economic viability and social...

Soundness of the financial system participants is a key element of the financial stability framework. In India, the banking system plays a dominant role in the overall financial system. Therefore, one of the core objectives of the banking regulations is to ensure the safety of the banks from the...

This paper examined the relationship of governance and financial parameters for scheduled urban cooperative banks in India. Governance related parameters such as participation in annual general meetings, low or nil presence of family members in boards, training of staff, etc. were found to have...

Probability of loss to a bank’s earnings or equity on account of the movement of interest rates is termed as interest rate risk. Movement in the interest rates are driven by the liquidity and market situations and are also guided by monetary policy actions namely, changes in policy rates or...

The growth and expansion of the global financial system have a latent manifestation in the form of financial crimes, broadly involving financial and cyber frauds, money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption, and tax evasions. Increasing global integration of the financial system and the...

Banking regulations intend to protect the interest of depositors, reduce the risk of bank failures, minimize the moral hazard, and strengthen the financial stability by controlling the behavior of financial system participants and by building financial buffers. In countries like India, where...

Empowering people by providing access to affordable banking services is the basic objective of financial inclusion. Microcredit plays a significant role in the process. The focus of this study was to understand the importance of the scale and delivery models on the cost of microcredit and to...