The purpose of this study is to determine the development trends of the major determinants of the bank card market in …, further comparative analysis of the "Bank Cards Market Index" proposed earlier and based on a system of interrelated … indicators of bank payment cards, ATMs and POS‑terminals, was carried out. We provide an overview of the rankings of Ukraine …

Using the data of 82 Chinese commercial banks from 2000 to 2012, this paper investigates the effect of bank ownership … undertook IPO exhibit no differences in bank prudential behavior (the selection effect). Third, introducing foreign strategic … investors has not an obvious effect on bank prudential behavior, either in the short term or long term, and undertaking IPO has …

of bank efficiency further show that foreign banks are associated with higher profit efficiency but moderately lower cost … progress in banking reforms, privatization and corporate governance restructuring, also has a positive impact on bank …

We investigate the determinants of bank interest margins in the Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC). We … assess to what extent the relatively high bank margins in CEEC can be attributed to low efficiency or non-competitive market …