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December 2010 |
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August 8, 2005
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Islamic Banks: A Novelty No Longer Lenders that avoid charging interest, in line with Koranic rules, are spreading - even among Western institutions |
Finance & Development
December 2010 |
Good for Growth? The spread of Islamic banking can spur development in countries with large Muslim populations. |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2003
Michael Shari |
Keeping Money in Line with Mecca Islamic finance learns to accommodate the religious dictates of the Koran. |
FDIC FYI
January 14, 2003 |
Basel and the Evolution of Capital Regulation: Moving Forward, Looking Back How much capital is enough? How bank regulators have answered this question during the post World War II period has been shaped by two contending strands of thought. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002
Gerd Hausler |
The Globalization of Finance Financial globalization has brought considerable benefits to national economies and to investors and savers, but it has also changed the structure of markets, creating new risks and challenges for market participants and policymakers... |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
El Batalji & Permatasari |
Malaysia Rules in Islamic Finance Kuala Lumpur has trumped Gulf financial centers and now dominates the global market for Islamic bonds. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2000
Tomas J.T. Balino & Angel Ubide |
The New World of Banking Four trends are fundamentally altering the financial world: consolidation of institutions, globalization of operations, development of new technologies, and universalization of banking. Each of these poses challenges for the effective supervision and regulation of the financial sector.... |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2002
Nsouli & Schaechter |
Challenges of the "E-Banking Revolution" Electronic banking is the wave of the future. It provides enormous benefits to consumers in terms of the ease and cost of transactions. But it also poses new challenges for country authorities in regulating and supervising the financial system and in macroeconomic policy. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Christensen et al. |
Bankable Assets Africa faces many obstacles in developing financial systems. New markets and institutions need to be able to flourish. |
OCC Bulletin
May 22, 2002 |
Unsafe and Unsound Investment Portfolio Practices Description: Supplemental Guidance This bulletin alerts banks to the potential risk to future earnings and capital from poor investment decisions made at the current low level of interest rates... |
OCC Bulletin
July 15, 1999 |
Summary of the Basel Committee's Consultative Document: "A New Capital Adequacy Framework" The paper describes a framework for bank supervision and regulation that contains three "pillars" -- a regulatory capital minimum, an enhanced supervisory review process, and more effective use of market discipline through disclosure. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Robert Rennhack |
Banking Supervision Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, like other emerging markets, have experienced banking system difficulties that have hampered growth and generated fiscal costs as high as 10 to 20 percent of GDP and even more. Many countries have improved their banking systems, but further reform is needed. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Neil Gregory & Stoyan Tenev |
The Financing of Private Enterprise in China A 1999 survey of more than 600 private Chinese enterprises revealed that they relied primarily on self-financing. For China's private sector to thrive, firms will need increased access to external loan and equity financing... |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Raghuram Rajan |
Straight Talk Risky Business Even as financial markets evolve, we have to constantly rethink the ways they are regulated and supported by policy, all the while being careful not to snuff out creativity and innovation. Only then will we be able to utilize their true potential. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Pedro Pou |
Argentina's Structural Reforms of the 1990s Argentina experienced serious economic and financial difficulties in the 1980s. Hyperinflation in 1989-90 finally elicited the necessary political consensus for reform. Despite areas of concern, structural reforms implemented in the 1990s have set Argentina on the path to sustained growth. |
CFO
March 1, 2008
Karen M. Kroll |
Pedaling As Fast As They Can Companies will now need to work harder for credit, as banks' markedly different posture on lending money is affecting businesses of all stripes -- not just those in default. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
A Closer Look at Bank Stocks These investors must deal with unusual terms and funny-looking financial statements, but the rewards can be well worth it. |
FDIC FYI
March 25, 2004 |
The Evolving Role of Commercial Banks in U.S. Credit Markets A careful analysis of U.S. financial sector data shows that banks' share of the financial services market has not shrunk to the extent that is commonly asserted. Moreover, banks have assumed leading roles in providing some of the newer types of financial services products, such as credit card securitizations and mortgage banking services. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
A Closer Look at Bank Stocks Learn the secrets of investing in this often-intimidating sector. |
OCC Bulletin
July 1, 2004 |
Embedded Options and Long-Term Interest Rate Risk This bulletin alerts banks to the importance of measuring the cash flow and valuation risks for assets and liabilities with embedded options. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Insurance Meets Islam Insurance giant AIG is planning to soon begin offering its first insurance coverage to comply with Islamic law. According to a Dubai newspaper, the Islamic market for such offerings might be worth $15 billion by 2015. |
FDIC FYI
May 18, 2004 |
An Update on Emerging Issues in Banking Trends in Community Banking... The Declining Number of U.S. Banking Organizations: Will the Trend Continue?... Community Banks: Their Recent Past, Current Performance, and Future Prospects... |
Finance & Development
September 2010
S. Raihan Zamil |
Judgment Day Changing the rules alone cannot make the financial system safe. The judgment of banking supervisors is crucial. |
CFO
March 1, 2005
Tim Reason |
A Love-Hate Relationship Banks and their customers have grown closer to, and more wary of, each other. |
CFO
October 1, 2007
Rob Garver |
One Nation, Left Behind The race to cut compliance-based capital has begun, and U.S. banks are trailing the pack -- badly. |
U.S. Banker
May 2006
Conrad et al. |
Power, Progress and Public Responsibility A look at the people, organizations and events of historical significance whose individual and collective influence helped banking evolve to what it is today. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 27, 2008
David Conroy |
Corporate Clients Increasingly Looking to Banks to Mitigate Trade Finance Risks How can banks pursue growth opportunities in global trade finance in, for example, emerging markets? What technology investments must banks make to meet these new demands? |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2007
Ben Johnson |
Small Banks, Big Risks In the new era of commercial real estate lending, federal regulators are pressuring even the smallest banks to upgrade their portfolio analysis capabilities to avoid the pitfalls of past downturns. |
OCC Bulletin
January 5, 2004 |
Banks/Thrifts Providing Financial Support to Funds Advised by the Banking Organization or its Affiliates The purpose of the guidance is to alert banking organizations and examiners of the safety and soundness implications of, and the legal impediments to, a bank providing financial support to investment funds advised by the bank, its subsidiaries or affiliates. |
Inc.
January 1, 2003
Martin Mayer |
A Borrower Be Tough economies and easy credit usually don't mix. So why are banks falling all over themselves to lend small businesses money? |
CFO
October 1, 2006
Fink & Durfee |
The 2006 CFO Survey of Trends in Banking Finance executives' concerns about the banking industry. |
U.S. Banker
February 2004
Karen Krebsbach |
In Land of Rising Sun, Rays of Hope for Struggling Bank Sector Though Japan's banks have been ailing for more than a decade, the sector's pulse is strengthening. Signs of change are everywhere, as the four megabanks reported second-half 2003 profits for the first time in 20 years. Can the recovery last? |
FDIC FYI
November 26, 2002 |
Quarterly Banking Profile Commercial Banking Performance, Third Quarter 2002 Gains on securities sales keep earnings near record level... Weakness in overseas operations limits industry profits... Margins improve at community banks, decline at larger institutions... Strong mortgage demand fuels growth in loans... Asset-quality problems continue to grow at large banks |
BusinessWeek
October 25, 2004
Assif Shameen |
Malaysia Rolls Out The Red Carpet Foreign banks, once shunned, now are wooed as catalysts for change |
Entrepreneur
July 2003
David Newton |
In the Balance Learn the factors banks really weigh when setting business-loan terms. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
What's on Deck for Investment Banks? It looks like there could be some tougher times for the industry. Investors, there's a lot of uncertainty right now, but keep an eye out for the appearance of a Goldman Sachs or a Merrill Lynch in that ol' bargain bin -- it could happen. |
CFO
March 1, 2007
Rob Garver |
Nothing to Bank On Bank executives will undoubtedly spend much of the next year assessing the likelihood and impact of new rules, while at the same time trying to keep earnings growth on its upward trend. |
BusinessWeek
September 26, 2005
Ian Rowley |
Rebuilding Japan's Banks Prime Minister Koizumi's finance-sector overhaul is driving Japan's recovery. It has also kept him in power. |
FDIC FYI
July 9, 2004 |
Bank Branching Trends and Prospects of Key Banking Sectors A summary of three reports released today that represent the fourth installment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Future of Banking Study. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2003
Chere LaRose-Senne |
Congress Revisits the Issue of Banks Selling and Managing Real Estate Commercial real estate professionals should stay informed on the progress of the Community Choice in Real Estate Act. |
Bank Systems & Technology
May 8, 2007
Nancy Feig |
Technological Improvements Crucial To Greater Transparency In Banking Supervision Traditional approaches to government supervision of banks may actually hurt development and lead to greater corruption in lending in some countries, according to research. |
Bank Systems & Technology
December 1, 2008
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Dubai Islamic Bank Implements CheckFree Transaction Management and Reconciliation Solution Dubai Islamic Bank implemented the solution within 90 days of contract execution in order to rapidly automate its reconciliation processes to address actual and anticipated transaction volume growth, and mitigate operational and compliance risk exposure. |
The Motley Fool
April 4, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Dude, Where's My Leverage? The days when investment banks were free to employ huge amounts of leverage are almost certainly over and unlikely to come back any time soon. |
Entrepreneur
April 2005
Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
Just Your Size Don't make assumptions about a bank's lending methods based on size alone--here's how to find the bank that can help your business cash in. |
BusinessWeek
December 6, 2004
Mara Der Hovanesian |
End Of The Big Bank Bonanza These have been flush times for U.S. banks. Yet the end of Easy Street may be near. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Value-Based Investing Looks East One particular fund and ETF area that has seen a lot of activity lately is in funds designed to conform to Islamic principles. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2006 |
Banking Alternatives Investors, don't think you're stuck with Federated First Financial. You might do better elsewhere. |
Investment Advisor
September 2007
Kathleen M. McBride |
Principled Performance Nick Kaiser invests Amana's portfolios according to Islamic principles -- and consistently outperforms. |
Bank Systems & Technology
November 21, 2007
Jim Eckenrode |
Taking Its Lumps and Moving On Despite the subprime meltdown banks will continue to invest in certain IT areas, including front-end customer management systems, new-account opening processes, mobile banking and payments, and, of course, compliance. |
