Banking Industry & Financial Market News
Banks serve as intermediaries between the primary lenders, or depositors, and the ultimate borrowers. Since the deregulation of the 1980s and 1990s, the differences between the types of financial institutions have become indistinct. Commercial banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, credit unions, and money market funds compete with nearly identical products and services. Business finance requires analytical skills in the planning, management, and control of financial resources. The risk and return consequences of financial decisions are evaluated, including the accumulation of company assets (equipment, buildings, inventory, and securities) and choice of financing alternatives (selling stock, borrowing, issuing bonds). The resources here are on banking and finance, banking industry and financial market news.
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| Financial Markets The market for the exchange of capital and credit, including the money markets and the capital markets is called financial... |
Financial Services Baulk at Eu Rules Financial services companies are facing an increasing and expensive regulatory regime at a time when market turbulence is... |
| Financial Crises and Global Capital Flows The recent upheavals in the world financial markets were quelled by the immediate intervention of both international... | |