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    Bank regulation plays a vital part in the economy today and can be attributed for a lot of its success. It has even been taken to the extent of individuals claiming bank regulation to be the backbone of our modern day economy. To fully understand this topic it is first important to define what bank regulations are. Bank regulations are a kind of government regulation that makes banks liable to certain requirements, restrictions and guidelines. Bank regulation includes determining specific regulations

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    Why Are Banks Holding So Many Excess Reserves?" According to Keister and McAndrews (2009), there is a very simple explanation for the huge amounts of money being held as excess reserves by banks. In their article, "Why Are Banks Holding So Many Excess Reserves?" Keister and McAndrews explore the nature of reserves in a normal economic situation comparing it with the crisis situation "following the collapse of Lehman Brothers" in 2008 (Keister and McAndrews, 2009). Though some would argue that

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    Bank of America in the 2008 Financial Crisis – An Even Bigger Financial Giant Suffered Losses and Lawsuits from Risky Behavior Summary of Bank of America in the Financial Crisis As one of the largest banking holding companies, Bank of America has taken a significant role during the whole process of the financial crisis. Compared with financial institutions whose business focused on specific fields, like investment banks or mortgage companies, Bank of Along got involved in activities

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    Bank of America was founded in 1904 by Amadeo Peter Giannini when he opened the bank of Italy in San Francisco, it later developed to what we now know as Bank of America. In1958 Bank of America issued its first bank credit card(Bank AmeriCard). Bank America's most substantial purchases was in 1983 the purchase of Washington State Bank. Bank of America became the first bank to offer Coast to Coast operations in the United States and expanded to New England with the acquisition of Fleet Boston Financial

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    Breach of Ethics: The Case of Wells Fargo Bank The Issue On September 8 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFBP) announced that it was taking an enforcement action against Wells Fargo Bank . Wells Fargo is a Fortune 100 company and one of the "Big Four Banks" of the United States. Investigations conducted by the Bureau revealed that employees of the bank created unauthorized deposit and credit card accounts across the country to meet sales goals. Over the years, the bank’s employees

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    internship 6 Mutual Funds 7 Systematic investment plan 8 Organisational structure 9 Functional departments 10 SWOT analysis 11 Outcomes and recommendations 13 Conclusion 14 Appendix(Questionnaire) Acknowledgment My summer project with HDFC BANK proved to be highly valuable and informative sojourn. I got some valuable insights from this exercise, which has definitely enabled me to hone my skills and widen my perspective towards banking in its modern prospect. Firstly, I would like to seek

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    The Perfect Match: Wells Fargo vs. Bank of America The banking industry is highly competitive. The financial services industry has been around for hundreds of years. Wells Fargo has many competitors itself. In this paper, I will be doing a comparison of Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) and one of its biggest competitors, Bank of America Corporation (BAC). By analyzing looking at the financial ratios, one can see whether the company is successful or not. In the following, I will try to analyze and

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    CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT AND PROFITABILITY OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KENYA BY ANGELA M. KITHINJI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, NAIROBI – KENYA. akithinji@yahoo.com or akithinji@uonbi.ac.ke OCTOBER, 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................1 1.1 Background ....................................................................................................................

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    Case Analysis: Bank of America: Mobile Banking Company Overview: Bank of America is the largest US bank founded in 1904, it has expanded through several acquisitions. By the end of 2009, Bank of America was the market leader serving 82% of the US population and over 53 million customers. They are positioned as number one in online and mobile banking. Their mobile banking services were launched in 2007 and have gained 4 million customers in less than three years. Acquisitions made by Bank of America

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    World Bank. It seeks to contribute to enhancing the knowledge of financial inclusion around the world. In the recent times, financial inclusion has become an important aspect for economic and social development of an economy and has become a significant topic of discussion for the policy makers, market practitioners etc. Financial inclusion has been given a lot importance in our country and this can be proven by the recently launched ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana’ which aims to provide a bank account

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