Bank Management and Financial Services Chapter 3

The bank at some point received negative attention for issuing credit to arms companies, including companies like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Textron, Colbun, BAE Systems and EADS. Some companies within the bank’s portfolio have also been involved in environmental and labor rights violations scandals, for instance Wal-Mart and Total USA. This negative attention may lead to loss of investor confidence in the bank.

The banking industry has undergone major upheaval in recent years, largely due to the lingering recessionary environment and increased regulatory environment. Many banks have failed in the face of such tough environmental conditions. These conditions

In the large corporation of Regions Bank, there are many specific details involved in creating and maintaining the perfect organizational structure. It takes efforts from the managers and leaders to implement a design to promote stock holder profits, growth, and stability. In this organization there is a cycle that is used that involves four functions of management. Regions Bank also utilizes two strategies to create and maintain a healthy organization.

The banking industry consists of almost sixty-five hundred banks that are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Out of these, there are eighty-one substantially large banks in the United States that are publically traded, which is where the market structure and industry information will be based. However, as with the rest of the country, these banks are very concentrated, with the largest banks accounting for over half of the market as well as accounting for the largest amounts of revenue.

The Second Bank of the United States was the countries national bank founded in 1816; this being just five short years after the first national bank expired (1833 Andrew Jackson Shuts Down Second Bank Of The U.S., n.d.). The first national bank was created by Washington and Hamilton in 1791 to house all federal funds. Jackson took office in 1829 and launched an investigation into the policies of this bank and the funding. Jackson, fought for the common man, not just the rich. He did not like his findings due to this and ordered banks closure in 1833; this is what is referred to as the Bank War. He also went as far as to veto an attempt by Congress to make a new branch of the bank, this and other reasons he had a spilt cabinet. Once closed he

There are various categories of banking; these include retail banking, directly dealing with small businesses and persons. Commercial and Corporate banking which offers services to medium and large businesses (Koch & MacDonald 2010). Private banking, deals with individuals, offering them one on one service. The last category is investment banking. These help clients to raise capital and often invest in financial markets. Most global banking institutions provide all these services combined. With all these institutions in existence within the same localities and offering similar services, there is a need to regulate the industry so as to protect the consumer and provide fair working environment for all banks (Du & Girma, 2011).

Bank holding companies, including diversified financial holding companies formed under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 and foreign banks with U.S. operations

J.P Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo are considered “The Big Four” banks

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) was founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1864, and started its expansion into the Maritime Provinces in the 1970s. Today, RBC is Canada’s largest financial institution by market capitalization and total assets . RBC competes globally among the largest banks in the world with over fifteen million clients in forty-six countries worldwide. Although the majority of RBC’s revenues are produced in Canada (64%), a bit over a third are in the U.S (18%), and internationally (18%) , (See Exhibit 1).

Personal banking * Corporate banking * Premier banking * International banking * Private banking

1. At the start of the 21st century, RBC was Canada’s leading bank and largest bank in terms of assets and market capitalization. It was a full-service bank with five main lines of business: personal and commercial banking, insurance, wealth management, corporate / investment banking, and transaction processing. The commercial bank of RBC (Royal Bank) accounted for nearly 50% of the company’s net income and had an extensive delivery network with branches, Automated Banking Machines (ABM’s), point of sale terminals, mobile sales staff, and 1.4 million online banking customers and 2 million phone customers. The bank also had an extremely strong international network.

Extensive research has determined that the banking industry is in an unstable state. The industry’s profits have

• Governance and oversight: Assessing business model and strategy changes and reinforcing the importance of sound corporate governance appropriate for the size and complexity of the individual bank. A specific focus will be on determining the adequacy of strategic, capital, and succession planning. Examiners will assess whether the plan is appropriate in light of the risks in new products or services. If applicable, examiners will assess the bank’s merger and acquisition processes and procedures.

This report compares financial performance of two major banks of UK i.e. HSBC Bank Plc and Barclays Bank Plc on the basis of their Balance sheets and profit and loss accounts for the year 2009. This report also provides SWOT analysis of both banks i.e. HSBC and Barclays Bank Plc and provides an insight into their Banking Strategies.

As one of the world’s leading banks, with 135,000 employees in more than 50 countries, Barclays plays a significant role, from working with governments on major infrastructure projects to bringing banking to customers in emerging markets. Barclays is made up of two major businesses: Global Retail and Commercial Banking (GRCB) and Investment Banking and Investment Management (IBIM). There strategy is to achieve growth through time by diversifying their profit base making their growth relevant to their customers at all times. This case study will seek to examine the bid and intended acquisition of ABN AMRO, and the early acquisition