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- Bank Mergers and Banking Structure in the United States: 1980–98
- Mergers in any industry are of interest for various reasons. One important reason, especially from the viewpoint of public policy, is that mergers have the potential to fundamentally restructure an industry such that there are fewer firms and industry output may be increasingly concentrated in a smaller number of larger...
- White papers 2000-08-01
- Garda Helps Amtrak Transform Depository Banking Structure
- Garda(TSX: GW) - Garda Cash Logistics, America's second largest cash logistics provider, today participated in a presentation by Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, at the Association of Financial Professionals AFP Annual Conference in Los Angeles. "Back on Track" The Transformation of Amtrak's Depository Banking Structure," presented by Jeffrey...
- Research articles 2008-10-21
- Banking technology, technological learning and competition: comparative case studies in Thai banking
- SUMMARY This paper focuses on the five major commercial banks in Thailand (Bangkok Bank, Siam Commercial Bank, Thai Farmers Bank Kasikorn Bank, Krung Thai Bank and Bank of Ayudhya) with regard to strategies in competition in the banking industry. The paper analyses strategy and the adoption of technology against...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- A Two-Window System for Banking Reform
- Despite the strong performance of the banking industry recently, the author maintains that banking reform should be a priority for at least two reasons. Insured deposits increasingly have been used to fund activities for which safety-net protection is unnecessary and banking organizations operate under legal restrictions that inhibit competition for...
- White papers 1995-06-01
- Crisis in Competitive Versus Monopolistic Banking Systems
- This paper studies a monetary, general equilibrium economy in which banks exist because they provide intertemporal insurance to risk-averse depositors. A "banking crisis" is defined as a case in which banks exhaust their reserve assets. Under different model specifications, the banking industry is either a monopoly bank or a competitive...
- White papers 2003-09-01
- Managerial Incentives and the Efficiency of Capital Structure in U.S. Commercial Banking
- This paper focuses on the effects of managerial entrenchment, to consider how safety-net subsidies and financial distress costs interact with managerial incentives to influence capital structure in U.S. commercial banking. Using cross-sectional data on publicly traded, highest-level U.S. bank holding companies, the paper finds empirical evidence of Marcus' proposition (1984)...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- Capital Structure and Firm Performance: A New Approach to Testing Agency Theory and an Application to the Banking Industry
- This paper discusses the capital structure, which employs simultaneous-equations model that accounts for reverse causality from performance and agency costs, banking, efficiency. It discusses that data on the U.S. banking industry are consistent with the theory, and the results are statistically significant, economically significant, and robust.
- White papers 2003-01-11
- Finance as a Barrier to Entry: Bank Competition and Industry Structure in Local U.S. Markets
- This paper tests how competition in local U.S. banking markets affects the market structure of non-financial sectors. Theory offers competing hypotheses about how competition ought to influence firm entry and access to bank credit by mature firms. The empirical evidence, however, strongly supports the idea that in markets with concentrated...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Competition and Efficiency in Banking
- This paper assesses the degree of bank competition and discusses efficiency with regard to bank's financial intermediation. By applying panel data to variables derived from a theoretical model, the paper finds evidence for a noncompetitive market structure in the Ghanaian banking system, which may be hampering financial intermediation. It argues...
- White papers 2005-01-01
- Japan's First Synthetic Deal Shopped.(Sumitomo Mitsui Banking's $307 mn offering)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking is marketing Japan's first issue of "synthetic" commercial MBS, a structure that is expected to become popular in the sector. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking is marketing Japan's first issue of "synthetic" commercial MBS, a structure that is expected to become popular...
- Research articles 2002-04-26
- Viewpoint: Sberbank Stays Strong Amid Market Change - Andrei Kazmin, Chairman And CEO Of Russia's Largest Bank, Sberbank, Discusses Reforms And Prospects In The Russian Banking Sector.(Interview)
- Q: How do you see reform of the Russian banking sector and what is the structure of the sector today? Q: How do you see reform of the Russian banking sector and what is the structure of the sector today?
- Research articles 2003-05-01
- Bank reform: Congress misses mark . . . with half-measures that threaten to make a bad situation worse. (Focus: Banking & Financial Services)
- Committees in both Houses of Congress are finishing work on reforms to the laws governing America's shaky commercial banking sector. Reform is sorely needed. Due to an archaic regulatory structure, America's commercial banks are becoming less competitiCommittees in both Houses of Congress are finishing work on reforms...
- Research articles 1991-11-04
- S&P rates the plans.(Standard & Poor's supports the new bank capital adequacy framework supported by the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision)
- The proposed capital adequacy structure proposed by the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision is being supported by Standard & Poor's (S&P). S&P believes the proposal will reinforce the stability of the international financial system and credThe proposed capital adequacy structure proposed by the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision is being...
- Research articles 1999-09-01
- Internet Banking in the US - Landscape , Prospects & Industry Information
- This paper describes the current state of Internet banking in the U.S. and discusses its implications for the banking industry. In addition to affecting the way customers receive banking services, Internet banking may become an important influence on banking industry structure. However, the effect of Internet banking on consolidation in...
- White papers 2001-08-25
- Crises in Competitive Versus Monopolistic Banking Systems
- Article studies a monetary, general equilibrium economy in which banks exist because they provide intertemporal insurance to risk-averse depositors. A "banking crisis" is defined as a case in which banks exhaust their reserve assets. Under different model specifications, the banking industry is either a monopoly blank or a competitive banking...
- White papers 2003-09-01
- Consolidation and Market Structure in Emerging Market Banking Systems
- This paper examines the evolution of market structure in emerging market banking systems during the 1990s. While significant bank consolidation has been taking place in these countries, reflected in a sharp decline in the number of banks, this process has not systematically been associated with increased concentration as measured by...
- White papers 2002-11-01
- Are Scale Economies in Banking Elusive or Illusive? Evidence Obtained by Incorporating Capital Structure and Risk-Taking
- This paper explores how to incorporate banks' capital structure and risk-taking into models of production. In doing so, the paper bridges the gulf between the banking literature that studies moral hazard effects of bank regulation without considering the underlying microeconomics of production and the literature that uses dual profit and...
- White papers 2000-05-01
- Fortis Private Banking announces future management structure
- Fortis Private Banking has announced the future management structure and senior appointments at the future combined private bank.
- Research articles 2008-04-18
- Financial Regulation: Industry Changes Prompt Need to Reconsider U.S. Regulatory Structure
- In light of the passage of the 1999 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and increased competition within the financial services industry at home and abroad, The paper reports on the current state of the U.S. financial services regulatory structure. This report describes the changes to the financial services industry, focusing on banking, securities,...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- 2ND LD: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking launches holding firm.
- TOKYO, Dec. 2 Kyodo (EDS: UPDATING WITH ADDITIONAL INFO) Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. launched a holding company, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., on Monday. Capitalized at 1 trillion yen, the holding company is based in Sumitomo Mitsui Banking's headquarters in...
- Research articles 2002-12-09
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