The recent global financial recession highlighted the critical role that the banking system plays in the modern economy. Banks are complex financial institutions that operate in a constantly changing business environment and deal with high levels of risk, while facing fraudulent actions in...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Internal Audit (IA) units of major Greek banks in addressing fraud. The research methodology implemented is a qualitative survey applying a self-structured, properly designed questionnaire, comprised of twenty targeted questions,...

In this paper, we analyze the importance of internal audit against banking fraud in order to ensure banking stability, using mathematic approach. We explain the steps involved in setting up an anti-fraud plan. Then, we implement two phases of this plan, namely the evaluation of the degree of...

Das Bestehen am Markt wurde in der Vergangenheit zunehmend in Abhängigkeitvom Wachstum durch Unternehmenszusammenschlüsse im weitestenSinne gesehen. Selbst wenn Größe als das Ergebnis der Zusammenschlüsse alssolche nicht mehr das Ziel ist, wird das Nutzen von Synergieeffekten zur...

We examine auditor independence in the banking industry by analyzing the relation between fees paid to the auditors and the extent of earnings management through loan loss provisions (LLP). We also examine whether this relation differs across large banks whose managements are required under the...

Critics argue that the “fair value” provisions in U.S. accounting rules exacerbated the recent financial crisis by depleting banks' regulatory capital, which curtailed lending and triggered asset sales, leading to further economic turmoil. Defenders counter-argue that the role of fair value...

We investigate the effectiveness of Benford's Law through an digital analysis of the off-balance sheet account disclosures made by Turkish Banks during the 1990-2010. We found that off-balance sheet account disclosures of the fiscal term 1999 doesn't comply with Benford's Law. Our finding is...

We investigate if local banks performance in the emerging or frontier market is affected by the extent to which managers manipulate their financial statements and by the banking market structure. An aberration from the extant literatures that have either focused mainly on the developed societies...