Saudi banking: bouncing with good health.
Saudi banks are making the most of the kingdom's buoyant economy. The latest annual report from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency paints an encouraging picture. But Mushtak Parker warns that they should not let their favourable rating from the Bank for International Settlements go to their heads. UNLIKE ITS...

Banks get up to date.
THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST there is a desire to modernise banking systems in order to create an infrastructure to support a financial industry. From fledgeling stock exchanges to overhauling 10-year old computing systems, modernisation is moving at a rapid pace. Iran is no exception, and is currently being courted...

Barriers in using e-banking in payment system of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Abstract: In recent years banks in banking system of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have been working very hard on adoption modern technological inovations in their business. Specially, given bank's attention to introduce these new technological inovations, e-banking, seems like distrubution channels of their financial products to their clients. This...

Introduction to the debate about: the national and international lender of last resort function.
Central banks act as lenders of last resort (LOLR) to commercial banks and other financial institutions. At the international level, the LOLR function can be performed by international financial institutions, especially the International Monetary Fund. Both at the national and international level, discussions about the LOLR include...

The Impact of Banking on Society is Awesome. (Industry Report: Banking).
Overview The banking system with all its complexities, challenges and opportunities touches virtually all aspects of our daily lives. Using a credit card to make a purchase, writing a personal or business check, paying bills and moving funds online or accessing your funds through an automatic teller...

Africa's premier banking multinational 20.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Africa's first true multinational, the Ecobank Group celebrated its 20th anniversary by recording yet another outstanding performance. Figures released in April 2008 show that in 2007, the Group's total assets increased by 87% from $4.2bn to $6.67bn; gross revenues (before interest expenses) rose by 66%...

The Top 100 Arab banks.
THE DAWN OF LIBERALISATION MIDDLE EASTERN GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN making promises regarding banking sector reform for many years, but little progress has been made until relatively recently. Bahrain and Dubai have certainly established themselves as major financial centres but the region's larger economies have made very slow...

Effects of collateral pledges in reducing credit risks - confronting banks in jordan, as lending institutions.
INTRODUCTION This study aims at examining the effects of collaterals pledges in reducing credit risks confronting banks in Jordan, and to test the study's hypotheses in this regard. The study consists of dependent variables which represent credit risks confronting banks when granting loans, credit facilities; and independent...

US Imposes Sanctions On Bank Sepah.
The US Treasury on Jan. 9 imposed sanctions against Iran's commercial Bank Sepah, accusing it of assisting Tehran's missile programme and having links with an alleged North Korean missile exporter. Bank Sepah International, a wholly owned subsidiary in the UK, and Ahmad Derakhshandeh, the parent bank's chairman and director,...

Central banks and payment instruments: a serious case of schizophrenia.
Abstract: This article analyses the competition between cash and payment cards against the backdrop of the dual role of central banks--as issuers of cash and as institutions with a mandate to foster the efficiency of payment systems in general. It is argued that this dual role results in a...