Research Papers/Topics in Banking and Finance

FRAUD DEFECTION AND PREVENTION THE IMPACT IN THE ECONOMY.

ABSTRACT Frauds have been an incurable vice in the society and have distorted the economic development of some countries of the world. The wide spread of fraud in the economy in general and in pension account have call for this study the study is to identify the measures to be taking in detecting and preventing of fraud in pension administration. The researcher view is to dictate the causes of fraud, the acts that lead to fraudulent activities, the forms of fraud and how to curb it in the soc...

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIQUKDITY IN COMMERCIAL BANKS

INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Liquidity is the ability to current financial liabilities in cash. Liquidity is the word that bank use to describe the ability to satisfy demand for cash in exchange for deposit. A bank is considered to be liquid when it has in various forms and locations plus arrestment in securities that are easily available at a short notice without loss or much loss to the bank, it could be conventional to refers to a bank as being liquid when it has enough liquidit...

THE ROLE OF MERCHANT AND COMMERCIAL BANK IN FINANCING SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Small-scale industries in any nation are the bedrock of development mainly business grew out of small to medium and then large business. The purpose of this project or study is to evaluate the extent to which bank have been financing small-scale industries in Nigeria. The term “small scale industries are those small business that fall within category of business with not more than five hundred thousand naria (N500,000) as their annual turnover.   In this project attempts are made ...

THE ROLE OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK IN NIGERIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

ABSTRACT The urgent need to establish a financial institution that will carter for the development of various sections of the African economy brought about the emergence of the African Development Bank. Also, when the African government realized that the central banks and commercial banks could not provide long financial developmental services, the development banks were specifically established to bridge the gap. The objective of the research is to appraise the activities of ADB (African Dev...

OVERVIEW AND IMPACT OF FRAUD IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC)

ABSTRACT Fraud is an awful phenomenon, which like a vein has invaded Nigeria banking industries and the society in general, and puts any organization that it comes into in a state of liquidation. This study highlights the bank fraud, extent of fraud in banks, effects of bank fraud, detection, and presentation and control measures adopted by management to check fraud incidents. This study highlights the nature and various types of fraud, causes of bank fraud, extent of fraud in banks, effects ...

LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRIES

ABSTRACT The significance of the service industries in the economic development of Nigeria cannot be undermined. However, liquidity problems constitute a major constraint on the development of this industry. This study addresses the practical measures in the service industries needs to adopt and effectively manage their liquid resources especially taking cognizance of the current economic recession in the country. This study shows that economic recession and over investment in stock are the m...

THE PROVISION OF QUALITATIVE SERVICES RENDERED TO CUSTOMERS IN COMMERCIAL BANKS

ABSTRACT The banking business has experienced structural changes over the decades like other business. The government continually encourages the expansion of the services rendered by bank and also facilities both in the urban and rural area. In other to provide comprehensive banking in the country. Banking has been in existence as far back 2500 B.C. Nigeria Government intervention began in 1975 where the military government restructured and Nigerianised in stages in the banking system. It has...

COMPUTER AGE AND ITS IMPACT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

ABSTRACT This study is on the computer age and it’s impact on financial institutions. In other words, it reflects on the difference between when the use of manual machine was passed out and when the modern technology computer was introduced whether there is any improvement 0as regards the success in settlement of claims arising. The researcher vigorously and extensively studies the extent to which typical Nigeria financial institution made use of computer in the operational system of some o...

THE DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA TO THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

 INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THER STUDY like case in many countries, commercial banking started in Nigeria long before the central bank was established where as the first commercial bank branch was established in Nigeria as far back as 1892, it was only in 1958 (66 years) after that the central bank of Nigeria was established by the bank of Nigeria act of 1958. it started full operations on 1st July 1959.  Prior to the establishment of the central bank of Nigeria, the role of a central bank ...

AN EXAMINATION OF THE PROBLEM AND PROSPECT OF FINANCING STATE GOVERNMENT PROJECTS THROUGH THE CAPITAL MARKET PRESENTED

INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The function of the state government in recent times include the provision of amenities infrastructures which are capital intensive in nature over the years most state government  especially in the developing countries have been carrying out such functions with finds from external sources as loans, grants and development assistance or aids. These sources have often been complemented with domestic resources as statutory allocations from the federation a...

CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF BANK FRAUD AND MALPRACTICE IN NIGERIA A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AFRIBANK, UNION BANK AND UBA PLC.

ABSTRACT Frauds and Malpractice are gradually becoming rampant and a daily occurrences in our banking industry while the bank management are busy working out means of detecting, checking frauds and malpractice, the frauders on the other end are busy designing new methods of circumventing those measures in conjunction with some dishonest bank staff. It should be pointed out that the effect destabilizes banks not only that, hinders growth of banks and attaining their aims and objectives or goal...

LIQUIDITY PROBLEM IN COMMERCIAL BANK INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY (IMT) ENUGU

1.1INTRODUCTION Liquidity of banks means “The ease with which banks assets could be converted into cash”. The liquid assets include cash in the banks vault with the central banks and to their government securities that have not been used as these assets is cash. There are many reasons why a bank should have 0reasonable liquid assets in it assets portfolio, these include to be able to meet prompt demands for deposits withdrawals, that is, the banks must maintain confidence and also be able...

THE CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE USES F FINANCIAL RATIONS IN FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS

ABSTRACT  Financial ratios provide managers with insights into the existing strengths and weakness and equally disclose warning indicators  of impending failures.  Mangers primary objective now is to plan against the flows and improve for the future prospect of the enterprises. There are many aids to intelligent analysis of statement but financial ratio is an important analytical procedure at the mangers disposal in the bid for planning financial ratios are wildly used as a basis for predi...

THE ROLE OF COMPUTER IN PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY IN NIGERIA COMMERCIAL BANKS (A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK NIGERIA PLC)

ABSTRACT This study is the role of computer in promoting efficiency in Nigeria commercial Banks with practical interest, was carried out with the following objectives. (1)To ascertain if computer has a significant influence on the time spent by customers in their banking transactions. (2)To find out if the computer has any effect in promoting efficiency in Nigeria commercial Bank Plc Enugu. In order to achieve above objective, questionnaires were prepared and administered to publication compr...

THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF DEBT MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIAN FINANCE INSTITUTIONS

INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY. To reduce the liquidation and bankruptcy of our financial institutions, for debts management in our financial institutions. Financial institutions are committed to providing financial services and intermediation to the various segments of the economy. As a part of the services rendered, they are intermediaries between surplus economic units and deficit economic units.    In a modern day society, economic prosperity and progress depend largely on the lev...


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