Problems and Prospects of Banking Industry in Bangladesh

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

Title I sets a closer look and evaluation of domestics and international financial institutions to achieve better control over the financial stability and finding better and more efficient ways to overlook the of the country finding more efficient ways. Monitor.

Intervention by the central bank is warranted to avoid welfare loss for the institution’s stakeholders since it may be that due to access to supervisory information, the authorities are in a better position to evaluate the financial position of a bank rather than the inter-bank market. The other situation in which the central bank may be the LOLR is when the stability of the entire financial system may be threatened following the failure of a solvent bank. This widespread financial instability may put to risk the ability of the financial system to carry out its primary functions.

To address this deficiency, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) proposed the post-crisis regulatory capital framework - Basel III, aimed to improve both the quantity and quality of banking organisations regulatory capital and to build additional capacity for loss absorbency into the banking system to withstand markets and economic shocks (BCBS). The importance of capital to a banking organisation cannot be overemphasised, the amount of capital held by a bank determine: (i) the level risk the bank can enter into. (ii) Loss absorbency capacity. (III) The profitability level. (iv) The cost of fund. (v) Investors' confidence, and (vi) the going - concern of the bank. It is vital that banking organisations are able to maintain a balance between their capital risk portfolios. As a result, banks tend to adjust their balance sheet components to achieve an internally set capital

The sector offers a considerable barrier to new entrants due to the high capital required to establish a new bank. As banking is professional services type required high creditability, strong brand presence is the key obstacle for newcomers.

As a result, policymakers, congressmen, local and international organizations, and governments would be able to use this work for the financial and banking reform. At the end, the purpose is bringing some balance between TBTF banks and small and

The turmoil in the international financial markets of advanced economies, that started around mid-2007, has exacerbated substantially since August 2008. The financial market crisis has led to the collapse of major financial institutions and is now beginning to impact the real economy in the

The document Banking Competition and Capital ratios, is some interesting material that gives the reader some insight into the banking systems and their competitions. This document makes the point of how the competition in the banking systems even at this moment have all long been subject to debates that are among policymakers and supervisors. Cross-border mergers and association that goes on inside of the national limitations have encouraged apprehensions about market power appreciated by banks, and its impressions on competition among monetary organizations and financial constancy. With that said, this paper will give a summary of the document.

The Mission statement of the bank is to “help you make progress toward your goals”. Which means to provide simple ways to spend, save and manage the money of the consumers. Nowadays, banks operate in those sectors where the environment is stable but nonetheless many banks are facing aggressive competition but fighting back to the competition is vital role to play to generate

Emphasis on understanding on the real problem and problems complained by customers and at the same time the Bank has to protect the interest of the shareholder.

The 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and its aftermath had critically damaged the world economy with a drag in global economic growth. Indubitably, the imprudence in which banks managed their risks and capital holdings were among reasons that caused the crisis. It raised the need for industry reform, leading to G20’s Basel III proposal in 2010 to strengthen the global capital framework by imposing stricter rules regarding capital and liquidity requirements, as well as a focus on transparency, consistency and quality.

“ Concentration has made the financial sector more fragile by creating a few large institutions that dominate more than half of the sector. The top 18 banks currently hold about 60 percent of total assets with the top 4 holding about 40 percent (this is even higher than pre-crisis levels)—compared with only 23 percent of total bank assets in 1992. Further, as compared with 1992, these are now “universal banks,” permitted to engage in a wide range of financial activities, from commercial banking to investment banking and to insurance.

Therefore, banks have to place importance to the retail side of their business particularly to the changes that can affect them.

The alternate delivery channels have greatly reduced the transaction costs for the banks. But banks can realize the full benefit of the roll out of alternate channels only if there is perceptible increase in the usage of these channels. It is imperative therefore that the banks take steps to regulate the customers to move to the new modes of banking.

The main aim of this report is to identify the key roles played by bank capital in the banking business. This report briefly outlines the main functions of bank capital and takes a brief look at the benefits of bank capital to the bank and the banking industry. It is hoped that from reading this paper a general understanding of the roles of bank capital in the banking business can be gained.