INTRODUCTION: INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC BANKING: GENERAL OVERVIEW: It has been conceptualized that Islamic Banking refers to a financial system that is in parity with the fundamental Islamic concepts and highlight the values prevalent in the religion of Islam. These values are a pre-defined in a code of conduct called the Shariah Law that governs the Islamic way of life and. Sharia Law is influenced by […]

The most prevalent trends in the data sets, whether those found within the World Bank database, the Philippine National Statistics Office or from the independent NGOs, would be the exponential growth of the current population. The total population of the Philippines as of May 1, 2000 was 76,504,077 persons. This was higher by 7,887,541 persons or about 10. 31 percent from the 1995 census (with […]

In Paulo Freire“s ‘The “Banking” Concept of Education” the author uses several similes, metaphors and analogies to bring across his main point – the relationship between teachers and students, and the way the teaching process takes place. He feels they way students are taught isn”t as effective as it could be. The main analogy Freire uses, is that teachers “deposit” information into the students” minds, […]

Women Empowerment in India Women empowerment in India is a challenging task as we need to acknowledge the fact that gender based discrimination is a deep rooted social malice practiced in India in many forms since thousands of years. The malice is not going to go away in a few years or for that matter by attempting to work at it through half-hearted attempts. Formulating […]

Introduction Over the years, the structure of the banking systems has been continuously and remarkably shifting world over. The number of market participants has risen markedly and the volume of the market activities handled has grown exponentially. The rapid changes taking place in the society pose a great challenge as the commercial banking systems need to embrace and keep pace with the wave of technological […]

Rationale of the Study Investment Banking is an American synonym of merchant banking. Investment banks provide advice on mergers and acquisitions and are involved in financing industrial corporations through buying shares and selling them in relatively small lots to investors. In the Bangladesh context, merchant banking includes all institutions that combine the functions of both development banking and investment banking. Investment banks act as intermediaries […]

Virtual money ATM cards are also beneficial because they do not require a name on the card. They use a PIN code for security. They can be easily replaced if they are lost or stolen. One of the greatest benefits of these cards is that they do not require a bank account and can be used to access any currency from any location. Finally the […]

Introduction Many banks have established presence on the Internet and many others are in the process of doing so. Using telecommunication systems and networks, a bank can reach out to customers and provide them with not only general information about its services but also the opportunity of performing interactive banking transactions. In electronic banking, bank customers can request information and carry out most banking services […]

Marketing scope in banking sector should be considered under the service marketing framework. Performed marketing strategy is the case which is determination of the place of financial institutions on customers’ mind. Bank marketing does not only include service selling of the bank but also is the function which gets personality and image for bank on its customers’ mind. On the other hand, financial marketing is […]

ReseaRch PaPeR Commerce Volume : 3 | Issue : 1 | January 2013 | ISSN – 2249-555X Operational Risk Management in Banking Sector: An overview Keywords Rakesh Chutia Assistant, State Bank of India Margheita-786181 Dist. -Tinsukia Assam ABSTRACT Operational risk is inherent in all banking products, activities and processes and systems and the effective management of operational risk is of paramount importance for every bank’s […]