J apanese banking problems have received substantial attention worldwide. Critics of Japanese policymakers have argued that problems at Japanese banks threaten the Japanese economic recovery. They also point out that because Japanese banks have been among the most active in expanding their presence beyond their domestic borders, they could play a major role in prolonging the financial problems ...

294 May 2010, Vol. 100, No. 5 SAMJ country. The state should recognise the growing importance of regenerative medicine and accept its responsibility to play an active role in determining how this need can best be satisfied in the South African context. The state should recognise that the private sector could play an important role in establishing stem cell banks and may share the financial burden.

Most central banks have some type of broad responsibility for oversight of the payments system. Often this responsibility is coupled with regulatory powers relating to high-value payments. In Australia, however, the responsibility runs much broader than this, encompassing the efficiency and competitiveness of the payments system as a whole, including retail payments. This responsibility was giv...

The aim of the study is to measure extent Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure (CSRD) revealing practices listed banks in Bangladesh and investigate potential impacts pandemic period bank specific attributes on CSR disclosures basis contemporary data from 2015-2020. directed with content analysis 30 during 2015-2020 generating 180 sample year observations break down components that influe...

This work attempts to identify determinants of capital structure in a sample of commercial banks listed on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stock markets. To achieve this objective, data about were collected from 47 GCC commercial banks for the period between 2001 and 2010. We find that profitability and liquidity affect banks’ capital structure decision. The major contribution of this study ...