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3.0 SWOT Analysis Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) has the biggest Islamic Banking in Malaysia. Thosemanagers have analyzed the external environment and the internal resources of the organisation, they will have the information they need to assess the organization’s strength, weaknesses, opportunity and threat. Such an assessment normally is referred to as a SWOT (sometimes called TOWS) analysis (Bateman and Snell, 2013). Strengths and weakness refer to internal resources. For example, an…

are accepted in the form of deposits and the banks use this saving to invest in the purchase of equity shares. Thus there is no money creation through credit and the investments made by the banks are fully backed by the saving. Unlike conventional banking the amount deposit to bank is determined by the real saving and not by credit multiplier. New cash to Islamic banks are created from the new saving not from loans transferred made from one bank to another. Thus there is a wealth creation…

Travancore Bank Ltd. has come a long way from being a bank started by the Diwan of Travancore, C.P. Ramaswami Iyer in 1945. Headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram, it was a premier bank of Kerala and undertook general banking business in addition to the government treasury work and foreign exchanges business. It achieved the name ‘State Bank of Travancore’ after it became a subsidiary of the State Bank of India (SBI) in 1960 under the SBI Subsidiary Banks Act, 1959. On 31st March 2017, it merged…

Sherman argues that one major contributor to the Financial Crisis of 2007-08 was financial deregulation. The financial deregulation started in the 1980’s, and was seen as a step forward for the previously regulated banking system. Matthew Sherman explains, “Many argued that consolidation in banking was an inevitable evolution and championed it as financial ‘modernization,’ but the changes posed…

their banks and though that banking hours were irrelevant. Almost half of these people did not know who their branch manager was. Lastly, 30% hoped that they could do banking transactions over the phone. Because of this group of people who lost interest in banking transaction, Midland group sought to fix their problems. They created a new business called First Direct, a first 24/7 telephone-based bank. During the early 80’s, the Bank of England introduced the 1979 Banking Act in order to get rid…

Takaful means “mutual or joint guarantee” and it is the closest Islamic instrument to contemporary system of insurance. Earlier demand for insurance was very low in Muslim communities compared to conventional markets but with the introduction of Islamic mode of insurance more and more Muslims are open to the idea. Currently there are very few Takaful applicants in the market with very few institutions offering this insurance service on large scale. Though the claim for Takaful is for part…

dependence on the “psychological immune system” narrative notion of happiness. Unhappy experiences, such as the kind Ivy League students experience throughout their time in Investment banking, as a result of choosing a career they do not desire. As Ho states, “That forces that push these college students toward investment banking are obviously multiple: the particular college environment…”(170). Through this quote Ho blames the career choices of students which leads them into unhappy situations…

Private Banking Versus Shadow Banking There are two types of banking secrecy systems Switzerland takes part in, shadow banking and private banking. The shadow banking system points to the financial intermediaries associated with enabling the creation of credit across the world financial system whose members are not subject to regulatory oversight. Any unregulated activity by regulated institutions is also termed shadow banking (International Monetary Fund, 2014). Private banking, however, is…

1. Introduction 1) Hook: The comparison of the cryptocurrency and the physical currency has been a topic of interest in the recent times. 2) Research Question: What are the significant differences between cryptocurrency and physical currency that would guide the businesses to choose one over the other in their transactions? Which is the best type of currency in the modern business environment? 3) Thesis Statement: The trend of transactions in different markets is changing rapidly. The primary…

Architectural elements harmonize and organize architecture. Without order confusion can set in, using architecture elements and principles there will be order and harmony. An architect uses these methods to create an emotional and balanced design. Case studies chosen to analyze are Howard House in West Pennant, Nova Scotia designed by Brian MacKay-Lyons, second chosen was the B2 House in Ayvacik, Turkey by Han Tumertekin. Both buildings have elements and principles of architecture that will we…