1. Introduction2. Changing Role of Banks in the Financial System3. Defining a Business Model in Banks4. Identification of Business Models5. Bank Business Models and Financial Stability Assessment6. Business Models, Ownership, Organisational Structures and Size7. Migration of Business Models8....

1. Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences: the Role of Financial Studies -- 2. Risk and Pricing on the Italian Minibond Market -- 3. Exploring Factors Influencing the Success of Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns: Findings from Italy -- 4. From seeker side to investor side: gender dynamics in UK equity...

1. The Euro Area Banking System: Where Do We Stand? -- 2. The Main Challenges Facing the Euro Area Banking System -- 3. Non-performing Loans in the Euro Area -- 4. Level 3 Assets and Sovereign Exposure -- 5. Progress on the First Two Pillars of the Banking Union -- 6. The Third Pillar of the...

The traditional role of a bank was to transfer funds from savers to investors, engaging in maturity transformation, screening for borrower risk and monitoring for borrower effort in doing so. A typical loan contract was set up along six simple dimensions: the amount, the interest rate, the...

1. The theoretical background of co-operative banking -- 2. Co-operative banking networks: rationalities and models -- 3. Co-operative banking in Austria -- 4. Co-operative banking in Finland -- 5. Co-operative banking in France -- 6. Co-operative banking in Germany -- 7. Co-operative banking in...

This Palgrave Pivot analyses the evolution of strategies and business models adopted by financial operators that employ technological solutions to deliver financial products and services. The analysis is performed on a proprietary dataset built on different sources that highlight important...

Since the last financial crisis, much work has been undertaken to strengthen the ability to respond to distress in the EU financial system. However, reforms enacted since the Single Resolution Mechanism was created in July 2014 as part of the Banking Union initiated in 2012 mainly focused on...