The e-banking or on-line banking is a service provided by many banks and credit unions that allow to conduct banking transactions over the Internet using the information and communication technology.Continuing technological innovation and competition among existing banking organisations and new...

In a market-based financial system, banking and capital market developments are inseparable, and funding conditions are closely tied to fluctuations in the leverage of market-based financial intermediaries. Offering a window on liquidity, the balance sheet growth of broker-dealers provides a...

Portuguese Abstract: Evoluções recentes em tecnologia levaram à evolução das formas de captação de recursos, em particular por meio dos chamados ICOs (initial coin offerings). A reação regulatória dos vários países foi extremamente diversa. O presente trabalho busca (i) explicar os...

The key dynamics of the transatlantic banking crisis are analyzed - with emphasis on the fact that the banking disaster of 2007/08 was not really a surprise -, and the five key requirements for restoring stability and efficiency in the EU/OECD banking sector are highlighted: Hedge funds should...

Si les stocks ou encours de credits detenus par les banques sont bien connus et permettent une mesure de differents risques bancaires, il n'existe en revanche aujourdh'hui en matiere de credit aucune information d'ensemble sur la production. En d'autres termes, peu de donnees sont disponibles au...

les conditions de financement des banques contribuent a expliquer leur comportement et en particulier les modifications de leur offre de pret a la suite de differents chocs. Dans cet article nous utilisons des donnees sur les emissions de certificats de depots francais pour etudier la...

This essay reflects upon the relationship between the current theory of financial intermediation and real-world practice. Our critical analysis of this theory leads to several building blocks of a new theory of financial intermediation. Current financial intermediation theory builds on the...

In a market-based financial system, banking and capital market developments are inseparable. We document evidence that balance sheets of market-based financial intermediaries provide a window on the transmission of monetary policy through capital market conditions. Short-term interest rates are...

This paper develops a search-theoretic model to study the interaction between banking and monetary policy and how this interaction affects the allocation and welfare. Regarding how banking affects the welfare costs of inflation: First, we find that, with banking, inflation generates smaller...