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Survey, 2014). Consumers often choose a company based on how they feel treated rather than the rates they might receive. Unethical decisions destroy the reputation of the company, as well as people feelings about it. Working as an intern at a local bank, it was clear that if a customer felt welcomed and appreciated than they were much more likely to do business even if they could make more or save more money at a different institution. Having a negative image and reputation can easily cause…

encompass the time span from when the Bank first started to settle outside the Maritimes until after the First World War, its average annual rate of growth had been 9% in real terms. In the 1910 – 1919 period, the decade of the acquisition of the three banks brought a growth rate of about 10.5%. In these years, the bank’s assets had more than doubled and its geographical coverage had greatly extended. A long process of consolidation was essential to turn four banks into one, and it is little…

JP Morgan was a Captain of Industry. He helped the US shape itself for the future generations. He not only helped the future generations but he helped the present people of his time. Without him we would not be in the place we are today in our country. JP Morgan respected his workers and paid then pretty well for the time they were in. He paid his workers a little less than a dollar a day, but in this time that they were in that was not a terrible pay compared to others. He not only treated his…

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) v The Cash Store Pty Ltd (2015) was a major landmark case for consumer credit, with a huge recorded penalty ordered by the Federal Court. On the 19th February 2015 the court awarded penalties of $18.975 million against pay day lender, the Cash Store and loan funder Assistive Finance Australia for failing to comply with their responsible lending obligations under consumer lending law. It held contraventions to the National Consumer…

Bankruptcy is when you have no money or value at all. “In the United States, early federal bankruptcy laws were temporary responses to bad economic conditions. The first official bankruptcy law was in 1800 in response to land speculation, but it was repealed in 1803. Also in 1841, a second bankruptcy law was passed, but this law was quickly repealed in 1843.” Bankruptcy is important because when a debt is removed as part of a bankruptcy process, we would then say that the debt is dismissed. By…

purchase all the products and Glass Bottle the inability to sell in the open market, and fell to to make payments to their debt or make a profit from their expenses. It is clear that Glass Bottle will go under financing debt for taking out a loan from a bank. Only the International had the problem of going under leasing debt. The asset purchase agreement allows International to only be responsible for not buying all the bottles. Otherwise, plan B would work for both of them. If the auditor…

interest rates to boost investments, to recharge their overseas revenue figures (United States Securities and Exchange Commission, 2009). For instance, CAT’s annual 10-k report for 2008 discussed their belief that the European and Japanese Central Banks were both reacting too slowly to the economic crisis within their respective countries and may tighten their policies at the first sign of improvement (United States Securities and Exchange Commission, 2009). Nevertheless, CAT was able to…

Case 1: ING Direct Canada 2015.10.07 ING Direct Canada operates in Canada as a Schedule II bank which has launched its operations on April 22, 1997. The strategy of the bank was to differentiate itself from the local companies by expanding its banking operations in Canada using low cost strategy. It achieved low cost in its operations by offering easy enrolment processes without any service fees. Bank also offers high interest rates on deposits and low rate on loans, which also helped it to…

There is a common myth that consumers tend to believe. They believe that credit cards could help them build up their credit. Is this really true? According to Steve Repak, it is not true. Having a credit card does not actually boost someone’s credit. In his article, “The A to Z of Credit and Credit Cards”, Mr. Repak brings up some solid facts that support the claim that having a credit card does not necessarily mean that a consumer will have good credit. In the article, he describes the literal…

Archway & Mother’s Cookie Company was a gourmet cookie company that was one of the top salaries and makers in the United States. It started in 1936 with the Harold and Ruth Swason staring their company in their garage in Battle Creek MI. In 1980 there was new ownership, Thomas Olin and Eugene McKay, Jr. Both. During this time, began the cookie war, could be viewed as the start to the downfall of Archway & Mother’s Cookies Company, which closed in 2009. “Archway Cookies, Inc. is one of the top…