scholarly journals Cross-border banking and foreign branch regulation in Europe

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Gibilaro ◽  
Gianluca Mattarocci
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Foreign Bank ◽  
Capital Adequacy ◽  
Foreign Banks ◽  
European Economic Area ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
European Banking

Purpose This paper aims to examine the relevance of cross-border activity in the European banking sector, evaluating the role of differences in regulation to explain the level of interest in entering foreign markets. Design/methodology/approach The sample considers all banks in the European Union (EU 28) existing at year-end 2017, and information about the ultimate owners’ nationality to classify local and foreign banks is collected. The analysis provides a mapping of regulatory restrictions for foreign banks and evaluates how they impact the role of foreign players in the deposit and lending markets. Findings Results show that the lower are the capital adequacy requirements, the higher are the amounts of loans and deposits offered by non-European Economic Area banks and, additionally, the higher the probability of having a foreign bank operating in the country. Originality/value This paper provides new evidence on regulatory arbitrage opportunities in the EU and outlines differences among EU countries not previously studied.

Brazil banks will stay cautious amid fragile recovery

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Retail Banking ◽  
Foreign Bank ◽  
Foreign Banks ◽  
Risk Averse ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Private Banks ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Subject Outlook for the banking sector. Significance The two-year recession has made Brazil’s public- and private-sector banks increasingly risk-averse in their lending to households and companies. This is likely to persist in 2017, owing to a very uncertain and fragile economic recovery, high unemployment and elevated levels of private-sector debt. Impacts Less-aggressive lending by national state banks will help public finances and give private banks a chance to increase market share. Spanish Santander will be the only foreign bank capable of competing in Brazil’s retail banking segment in the coming years. Other foreign banks lacking the necessary scale for profitable retail banking will focus on other niches.

Foreign banks’ faith in Mexico will endure

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Commercial Bank ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Foreign Bank ◽  
Foreign Banks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
International Banks ◽  
Loan Growth ◽  
Double Digit

Subject Mexican banking. Significance On March 10, Japan's Mizuho launched a commercial bank in Mexico, becoming the latest foreign bank to begin operations there. Mexico's banking sector has been one of the fastest-growing and most attractive in Latin America in recent years, with several new players entering and double-digit loan growth. Impacts Major international banks’ continued interest in Mexico shows confidence in an economy and a government under pressure. Banks that are willing to lend heavily will be important for the struggling Mexican economy. Mexican FDI will benefit from investments by foreign banks despite a predicted fall in FDI overall.

Do foreign banks in India respond to global monetary policy shocks? A SVAR analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ameen Omar Shareef ◽  
K.P. Prabheesh
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Bank Lending ◽  
Foreign Bank ◽  
Foreign Banks ◽  
Monetary Policy Shocks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Indian Economy ◽  
Policy Shocks ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to examine the role of foreign banks in transmitting global monetary policy shocks to India. Further, the authors try to explore the international bank lending channel and analyze the impact of global monetary policy on Indian macroeconomic variables. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a structural break unit root test and structural vector autoregression on monthly data from 1998 to 2018. Findings The study finds that the global monetary policy is significantly determining foreign banks’ lending in India; the evidence of a portfolio re-balancing channel in the process of global monetary policy transmission to the Indian economy; the exchange rate is significantly explaining the foreign bank credit dynamism in India; and evidence of international monetary policy spillover to the Indian economy. Originality/value This is the first attempt to analyze the role of foreign banks in the transmission of global monetary policy shocks to India, where the literature availability is limited. The finding of ineffective domestic monetary policy on foreign bank lending opens the need for an in-depth and diversified analysis of the role of foreign banks in the transmission of domestic monetary policy.

Competition law and policy for the EU banking sector in a period of increased economic uncertainty

2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 284-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilias Kapsis
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Bank Failures ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Regulation And Supervision ◽  
The Impact ◽  
State Aids

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to discuss the long‐term impact of the current financial and economic crisis on competition in the European Union (EU) banking sector.Design/methodology/approachThe article first discusses the long term role of competition in the banking sector, commenting on policy developments prior to the crisis. Then the impact of the crisis is discussed focusing on two main areas of policy state: aids and bank regulation and supervision. The article culminates with the conclusions.FindingsThe main findings about state aids are that the efforts of the Commission to ensure that aided companies would not use the government support to distort competition seem to be working. However, given that the full impact on competition of these aids may take years to be felt, the Commission should be prepared to take action where necessary to ensure that competition will be protected. The provision of state aids could not have been avoided due to the grave systemic risks associated with bank failures. In respect of regulation and supervision, the article concluded that there is a lot of work to be done in this area to ensure that mistakes that led to the crisis will not be repeated but also that there is need for the Commission to ensure that the reforms to the regulatory and supervisory architecture do not occur at the expense of competition.Originality/valueThe article contains proposals about policy adjustments, thus contributing to the ongoing debate about the role of competition policy in the efforts to address the impact of the crisis.

Competitiveness of the Russian Banking System: Cross-Border Aspect

2021 ◽  
pp. 211-216
Author(s):  
Nadezhda K. Savelieva ◽  
Tatiana A. Timkina
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Foreign Bank ◽  
Foreign Banks ◽  
Investment Fund ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Authorized Capital

The processes of globalization and cross-border relations between countries have made it possible to carry out work and provide services in the markets of another country. In the conditions of the banking sector, this process is expressed in the branches of foreign banks or by investing money in the authorized capital of an existing bank. In this case, the management process is located in another country. Foreign investment in all sectors plays an important role in the development of the economy. The classification of commercial banks depends on the source of financing of the authorized capital. The article analyzes the impact of foreign investment on national banking organizations. The growth in the number of commercial banks exacerbates competition in the country. Market participants increase their competitive advantages by introducing additional banking services. The banking sector includes the authorized capital of non-residents, so the bank’s strategy is developed by citizens of another country, taking into account national characteristics. While the foreign banking industry is more likely to overtake domestic technologies, innovations increase the level of competition by adapting foreign mechanisms to Russian markets. The purpose of the study is to analyze the competitive advantages of the national banking sector, taking into account foreign capital. In order to determine whether the policy of a foreign bank affects the atmosphere of the national market, it is necessary to study the industry leaders, measure the share and scale of non-resident banks, using the calculation of the Gerfindahl-Hirschmann market concentration index. The results obtained can reasonably describe the banking market, describe the risks and ways of development of the industry, taking into account the need for an investment fund.

scholarly journals Testy warunków skrajnych jako element oceny bezpieczeństwa sektora bankowego

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-194
Author(s):  
Marcin Mikołajczyk
Keyword(s):  
Stress Testing ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Stress Test ◽  
Good Condition ◽  
Capital Adequacy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Stress Tests ◽  
Test Methodology ◽  
The Stability

The article presents the latest approach to stress tests applied by the EuropeanBanking Authority and national supervisory authorities, including methodology,scenarios, key assumptions and results of a study. The results of stress testsindicate that the banking sector in Poland is in good condition as banks showedhigher level of capital adequacy than most of the banks from the European Union,reflecting the stability of the banking sector. Stress test methodology used by theEuropean Central Bank is also contained in the paper. The role of stress tests asan instrument for enhancing the stability of financial institutions and the needfor further work on stress testing are also discussed.

Cross-border branching in the Latin American banking sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 496-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Paulo Lopes Fávero ◽  
Marco Aurélio dos Santos ◽  
Ricardo Goulart Serra
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Economic Freedom ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Foreign Banks ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cross Border

Purpose Branching is not the only way for foreign banks to enter a national market, and it is impractical when there are informational and cultural barriers and asymmetries among countries. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the determinants of cross-border branching in the Latin American banking sector, a region with regulatory disparity and political and economic instability, offering elements to a grounded strategic decision. Design/methodology/approach This study uses data from six Latin American countries. To account for the preponderance of zero counts, classes of zero-inflated models are applied (Poisson, negative binomial, and mixed). Model fit indicators obtained from differences between observed and estimated counts are used for comparisons, considering branches in each region established by banks from every other foreign region of the sample. Findings Branching by foreign banks is positively correlated with the population, GDP per capita, household disposable income, and economic freedom score of the host country. The opposite holds for the unemployment rate and entry regulations of the host country. Originality/value Few paper address cross-border banking in emerging economies. This paper analyzes cross-border branching in Latin America in the context of the current financial integration and bank strategy. Econometrically, its pioneering design allows modeling of inflation of zeros, over-dispersion, and the multilevel data structure. This design allowed testing of a novel country-level variable: the host country’s economic freedom score.

TERRITORIAL COHESION POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF EU REGIONAL SECURITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (Vol 18, No 4 (2019)) ◽  
pp. 439-453
Author(s):  
Ihor LISHCHYNSKYY
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Territorial Cohesion ◽  
Interregional Cooperation ◽  
The Eu

The article is devoted to the study of the implementation of territorial cohesion policy in the European Union in order to achieve a secure regional coexistence. In particular, the regulatory and institutional origins of territorial cohesion policy in the EU are considered. The evolution of ontological models of cohesion policy has been outlined. Specifically, the emphasis is placed on the key objective of political geography – effectively combining the need for "territorialization" and the growing importance of networking. The role of urbanization processes in the context of cohesion policy is highlighted. Cross-border dimensions of cohesion policy in the context of interregional cooperation are explored. Particular emphasis is placed on the features of integrated sustainable development strategies.

Linking ethical leadership to administrative innovation in Ethiopian banks: the mediating role of knowledge process capabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gedif Tessema Sinshaw ◽  
Atul Shiva ◽  
Manjit Singh
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Knowledge Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the mediating role of knowledge process capability (KPC) between ethical leadership (EL) and administrative innovation (AI) in the banking sector of Ethiopia.Design/methodology/approachThe study was conducted by a standardized questionnaire survey to collect the data from 266 employees of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in 93 branches. The study employed structural equation modeling approach with Analyzing Moment of Structures 23.0 to test the hypothesized mediation model.FindingsThe results of this investigation disclose that EL has a significant and direct effect on AI and KPC. KPC also influences AI significantly.Originality/valueThe study revealed that KPC plays a partial mediating role in linking EL to AI, which is a new contribution to the existing literature of EL. This dimension can provide new dimensions to design organizational leadership which is based on sustainability paradigm. This can strengthen the organizational capabilities aiming to increasing innovative behaviors in order to have a deep-seated strategy.

scholarly journals Cross-Border Interbank Contagion in the European Banking Sector

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Gabrieli ◽  
Dilyara Salakhova ◽  
Guillaume Vuillemey
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
European Banking
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