government responded to the crisis. It also focuses on the Asian financial crisis’ impact on the employment of banking sector in Malaysia. In the finance, insurance, real estate and business service sector, a number of 6,596 workers were retrenched. Banks were forced into mergers and acquisition as well as downsizing, trim lean, organizational changes and introduction of new technologies. Excess workers were offered a “voluntary separation scheme.” These retrenched workers became the urban poor facing
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Requirements for the Degree of Master in Business Administration ABSTRACT Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have proven their dynamism in West Africa. They are perceived by policy makers as an important reservoir for growth. The African Development Bank considers they represent over 90 % of business and provide about 50% of GDP and employment in Africa. Despite the consensus on the role of SMEs in these emerging markets, West African SMEs still face many constraints in their development, particularly
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Finance December 2008 Cost –Benefit and Usage Behaviour Analysis of No Frills Accounts: A Study Report on Cuddalore District S. Thyagarajan Jayaram Venkatesan S. Thyagarajan is a Member of Faculty at the College of Agricultural Banking, Reserve Bank of India, Pune (http://cab.org.in). Jayaram Venkatesan is a Research Consultant at the Centre for Microfinance (http://ifmr.ac.in/cmf/). The views expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors and do not in anyway reflect the views of the
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| The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) set up the Khan Commission in 2004 to look into financial inclusion and the recommendations of the commission were incorporated into the mid-term review of the policy (2005–06). In the report RBI exhorted the banks with a view to achieving greater financial inclusion to make available a basic "no-frills" banking account. In India, financial inclusion first featured in 2005, when it was introduced by K.C. Chakraborthy, the chairman of Indian Bank. Mangalam became
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MP A R Munich Personal RePEc Archive Attracting Microfinance Investment Funds: Promoting Microfinance Growth through Increased Investments in Kenya Jeffrey Ben Matu Duke University, International Development Program 18. April 2008 Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/12084/ MPRA Paper No. 12084, posted 12. December 2008 17:42 UTC Attracting Microfinance Investment Funds: Promoting Microfinance Growth Through Increased Investments in Kenya Master’s Project Master of Arts in International
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(in 2011 services 80% of GDP); * Cyprus had a well-developed banking system controlled by Central Bank of Cyprus. Funding was stable and deposits exceeded loans. The economy was mainly built upon the services sector, including tourism, financial services, banking sector and real estate. Despite a real estate overheating that was experienced after Cyprus was admitted into the European Union in 2004, risks were relatively contained by tight loan-to-value ratios (1:1, where EU average 1:67). By
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A bank is a financial institution licensed by a government. Its primary activities include providing financial services to customers while enriching its investors. Many financial activities were allowed over time. For example banks are important players in financial markets and offer financial services such as investment funds. In some countries such as Germany, banks have historically owned major stakes in industrial corporations while in other countries such as the United States banks are prohibited
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knowledge to develop myself as an efficient and effective employee of the organization, where I can utilize my academic skill and professional experience to achieve organizational goal. Professional Experiences: Present Employer: BRAC Bank Ltd. Employment Duration: 9th November 2008 - Till Date. Position: Senior Officer. Designation: Branch Sales & Service Officer. Job Location: Donia Branch, Dhaka. Major Responsibility: • Achieve
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institution The Philippines has a comprehensive banking system encompassing various types of banks, from large universal banks to small rural banks and even non-banks. As at 17 February 2014,[1] there were 36 universal and commercial banks, 71 thrift banks, 533 rural banks, 40 credit unions and 6,267 non-banks with quasi-banking functions, all licensed with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) under Republic Act No. 8791, also known as the General Banking Act of 2000
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QUESTION 1 a) Having the license for APRA (Australian Prudential Regulation Authority), Victoria bank is an authorised deposit taking institution (ADI). Been a part of APRA, which is needed to operate as a bank legally in Australia, it gives Victoria Bank the licence to undertake ‘business of banking’ which is defined in the Banking Act 1959. This shows that Victoria bank has fulfilled the ADI application requirements including sufficient start-up capital, ownership, sufficient risk management
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