North Cyprus banking sector during the period 1984‐2002. Design/methodology/approach – A mutivariate logit model is the … North Cyprus and led to banking sector distress. The findings also suggest that bank‐specific weaknesses, high interest … a practical application of a currency crisis model in the North Cyprus banking sector. In addition to the risk of …

‐surfaces within a banking context as natural generalizations of the ROC curve. Design/methodology/approach – Nonparametric ROC …

passage of the European Union Banking Directives over the period 1988‐1997. Design/methodology/approach – Using monthly stock … Banking Directives on Greek commercial chartered banks, investment firms and insurance companies are tested. The “seemingly … unrelated regression” methodology is utilized to test three portfolios consisting of an equally weighted banking, investment and …

Islamic banking, its infrastructures and supporting institutions in recent years. This paper articulates the case for Islamic … banking in a very comprehensive and effective manner. It depicts Islamic banking as a growing discipline adding more ethical …, pitfalls and future prospects of Islamic banking. Design/methodology/approach – The paper deals with the Islamic paradigm of …

consumer loans in the banking sector. In particular, the focus is upon the financial risks associated with both the efficiency … techniques in evaluating consumer loans within the Egyptian private banking sector utilizes rigorous techniques in an environment …

financial crisis pushed most developed countries to lower their banking rates and to implement null‐approximating interest rates … on the financial crisis, the return to protectionism and the role of Islamic banking.  …

are proprietary and therefore not available for use in many banking studies.  …