The aim of this paper is to evaluate the nature and changes of market concentration in the Malaysia’s Islamic banking due to the restructuring of Islamic banking industry within the liberalization wave in the banking market. A total of 17 Islamic banks operating over the period of 2000-2010 had been considered. The structural approach framework was used to evaluate the nature and changes of mar...

Following entry into the European Community in 1986, Portugal transformed rapidly its repressed banking system with deregulation, the opening of borders, the granting of new banking licenses, and privatization. In a more competitive banking system, one would expect a priori an increase in operational efficiency. This paper attempts to quantify the magnitude of efficiency gains over the years 19...

Conventional measures of banking sector The traditional indicators utilized for assessing the size, depth and development of a country’s banking (financial) sector are: • The ratio of M2 to GDP • The ratio of private credit to GDP. In particular, both these measures have been used to show the causal effects of financial development on economic growth. However, both measures have some limitation...

With the advancement of technology the banking sector has been dramatically changed from conventional way of banking to the internet banking i.e. web based banking. This advancement of technology has been totally changed the whole scenario of banking. Method. Research has been done to find out the influence of facilitation, low transaction cost ad convenience on customer‟s turnover intention fr...

today, the country's banking system, according to the discussions to join the world trade organization is encountered with new challenges such as entry of foreign banks, emerging private banks and increasing the activities of financial and credit institutions. therefore, in order to survive and compete in this dynamic environment banking organizations require paying more attention to human...

Throughout the developing world, countless people live without access to basic financial services, and physical banking infrastructure is often inaccessible. These constraints have led to the rise of mobile money, or branchless banking, systems that offer financial services to people who may not have access to conventional banks. Despite their utility, these services do not always integrate str...

intelligent use of data and information in a large company for management decisions are the essential requirements of all managers. in addition, the necessity of paying attention to the environmental competitiveness increases the importance of responding to these needs. information systems and tools of it in recent decades have played a special role in increasing the respond to these demands. o...