Auf Grundlage eines neuen Datensatzes wird untersucht, warum dezentrale Banken auch in strukturschwachen Regionen, in denen sie wichtige gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgaben übernehmen, i.d.R. erfolgreich wirtschaften. Sparkassen in demographisch schrumpfenden Regionen und insbesondere in...

Difficulty in accessing finance is one of the critical factors constraining the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia. Owing to their significance to national economies, it is important to find ways to provide SMEs with stable finance. One efficient way to promote SME...

The NBRB revised in 2018 its regulation on asset classification and provisioning (the Regulation). One of the main changes was the introduction of a new definition for NPLs based on the current framework of risk groups (RGs). This definition substitutes the previous term 'problem assets.' One of...