The new Basel Capital Adequacy Accord (Basel III) is an agreement among countries' central banks and bank supervisory authorities on the amount of capital banks must hold as a cushion against losses and insolvency. Basel III is of concern to Congress mainly because it could put U.S. financial...

In the increasingly competitive world of retail banking, organizations are focusing their attention on customer service as a means of increasing customer loyalty and retention. With this goal of increasing customer retention, the link between the attitudes of the service provider (employee...

Straipsnyje nagrinėjamos Lietuvos finansinio tarpininkavimo sektoriaus, kurio pagrindą sudaro bankininkystės sektorius, tendencijos šalies ekonomikoje, pateikiami bankininkystės sektoriaus poveikio ekonomikos vystymuisi teoriniai aspektai. Taikant statistikos modelius, tiriama ekonomikos...

Thesis (DBA(DoctorateofBusinessAdministration) )--University of South Australia, 2006.

This study looked at factors that determine bank switching behaviour among employed graduates, and their propensity to tell the bank and/or other people about the switching incident. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire sent via email using convenience sampling. 93 responses were...

An increase in the credit rating on an organisation?s debt is generally perceived positively, as higher credit ratings are, in the main, associated with lower perceived volatility in the market value of the assets of the entity that has issued the debt. If banks price their assets to realise a...

The study of financial stability has become the cornerstone of modern macroeconomic policy particularly for developed countries. The recent global financial crisis has underscored the importance of understanding financial instability especially in the context of managing credit risk with...

This study investigates the efficiency and productivity of a balanced panel of 10 Australian banks during the period 1995-2005. It begins with a preliminary analysis based on financial indicators (popularly referred to as financial ratios) covering aspects of profitability, operational...

In June 2004 the Committee published a revised framework for the international convergence of capital measurement and capital standards, known as Basel II. The proposal includes a formal capital charge against operational risk in the business activities of banks. The calculation of an...