and study if the bank losses can be traced to the quality of bank governance. For this purpose, we examine the … are then related directly to the magnitude of bank losses in the recent financial crisis. Our data confirms that … supervisory board (in-)competence in finance is related to losses in the financial crisis. Improved bank governance is therefore a …

Asia. Public spending and performance patterns differ hugely across countries. Asian "tigers" and some advanced countries …

choose their portfolio risk, bank size, and capital holdings. Banks voluntarily hold equity when the buffer effect against … larger, choose riskier portfolios, and have less equity. Binding capital requirements or levies on bank borrowing are shown …

the public, long-term systemic risk among banks tends to increase. From the dynamic perspective, bank penalties represent … long-term. In this respect, bank penalties resemble still waters that run deep. In contrast, a settlement with regulatory …

banks to form alliances with fintechs. Furthermore, we analyze whether such bank-fintech alliances affect the market … Officer. We evidence that markets react more strongly if digital banks rather than traditional banks announce a bank …-fintech alliance. Finally, we find that alliances are most often characterized by a product-related collaboration between the bank and …