Before the financial crisis of 2007-2009, the search for new revenue and profit streams by US banks contributed to a …-taking and lending business as a source of revenue and profit; or it might enable banks to increase their lending more rapidly …. The empirical results suggest a continuing need for careful regulatory oversight, and more transparent disclosure of banks …

The paper investigates the factors crucial in the locational decisions of multinational German banks in selected … characteristics. Results indicate that FDI by non-banks exerted a strong pull effect on banking FDI flows, as did highly developed …