This paper explores the effectiveness of financial literacy programs. It further seeks to establish the relationship between financial literacy and certain demographic characteristics. This study adopted a correlational research design as the framework to examine the relationship between variables without determining cause and effect. Data were randomly collected from 235 petty traders in Kumas...

Financial markets have been developed rapidly in recent years. New and sophisticated financial tools have been the cause of these developments which need new controlling systems to prevent crisis. Most of industrial economies have reformed regulatory structure of their financial systems. This paper reviews the regulatory developments of UK in this regard and offers new regulations and ...

in the process of investment decision making, next to financial indicators many other aspects of investment projects are increasingly often considered. this leads to the multi-criteria evaluation of a project. the advantage of multi-criteria methods is the ability to take into account all (not only financial) aspects of the attractiveness of an investment project. the selection of criteria of p...

Requirements Engineering (RE) is arguably one of the most critical activities in the lifecycle of a software-centric system. In traditional RE techniques where more emphasis is placed on systematic upfront analysis, the tendency is to focus mostly on functionality rather than quality issues. Such a focus remains the same in Agile methods, except that emphasis has been shifted to delivering exec...

New information technology (IT), especially the internet, have revolutionised the finance industry with the rapid growth of electronic finance. E-finance activities include all types of financial activities carried out over the internet or other public networks, such as online banking, electronic trading, the provision and delivery of various financial products and services (for instance insura...

Inspector, an expert system, was implemented to assist foreign exchange management in the monitoring of trader activity and the compliance of risk management policies. The knowledge of senior foreign exchange managers, traders, controllers, and auditors is contained in an expert system shell, Nexpert Object. The foreign exchange deals from all Manufacturer's Hanover Trust (MHT) branches are rec...

OBJECTIVE To investigate financial capacity in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) using a new theoretical model and prototype psychometric instrument. DESIGN Cross-sectional comparisons of older control subjects (n=23) and patients with mild (n=30) and moderate AD (n=20). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Financial capacity was measured using the Financial Capacity Instrument, a prototype psychometri...

Background and objectives: The genus Rosa is one of the most widespread members of Rosaceae family with more than 100 species. Rosa fruit (rosehip) has a long history of traditional uses in Islamic traditional medicine. It has been used for the treatment of several illnesses including ear, nose and throat problems, nausea and vomiting, headache and brain spasm...

Financial sector is one of the most influential sectors in economic activities. Empirical and theoretical studies conducted in recent years have also confirmed the significant role of financial institutions in economic growth. Additionally, trade and financial liberalization policies have been particular concerned with strategic policies in developed and developing countries. According to dynam...

The increase in the number of cases of financial fraud due to failure of statutory audit to detect and prevent fraudulent activities has given rise for the services of forensic accountants. This paper highlights how forensic accountants can be employed to resolve this challenge. The study was a theoretical research which considered the roles of forensic accountants in combating fraudulent activ...