out commercial banks and dealing with recession but also for providing better public services. This paper analyses the … affected by the impact of the credit crunch on Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs). Commercial banks are now generally only …

banks the most severe operational risk losses are likely to occur (based on the Basel II seven loss event types and eight … in the form of a questionnaire to all registered banks.The second part of the research study’s objective was to assess … researcher’s experience in risk management in banks, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s Sound Practices for the …

This paper provides an explanation for the urge of banks to merge and expand scope. We build a model where bank … not be too competitive, and could point to a benefit of merging insofar as mergers reduce competition and deepen the banks …

profitability/performance measures such as return on risk adjusted capital. The overall finding is that the Bank’s profitability …

responses from four local banks in Malaysia, corroborated together with previous scholars’ findings. Several analyses were …, the results offered significant implications for participating banks to improve quality in their environment concerning …

banking industry, and consequently establish a reliable and valid service quality measurement instrument for Cypriot banks …, and • To identify the level of service from banks in Cyprus and detect ways to improve the service quality offered …

. As assets and borrowing shifted from banks to pension funds and other institutional investors, the market-based systems … that replaced bank-based systems became more procyclical and more vulnerable to systemic risk. In addition, banks’ receding … share of financial assets undermined their role in channeling monetary policy initiatives and thus eroded central banks …