Corporate social responsibility in the food production and distribution sector Europe is currently mainly linked to activities of banks. Food banks current form provide their services free charge, however, these are closely associated with support from public budgets volunteering. Currently, there a growing tendency revise funding scheme overall provision banks´ activities, as well efficiency a...

We analyze the effects of market structure on the branching decisions of three types of depository institution: multimarket banks, singlemarket banks, and thrift institutions. We argue that additional branches increase quality for an institution’s consumers, and examine the interaction between market structure and this particular measure of quality. We account for endogenous market structure us...

There is a distinct lack of research into the relationship between corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the banking sector. This paper fills the gap in the literature by examining the impact of corporate governance, with particular reference to the role of board of directors, on the quality of CSR disclosure in US listed banks’ annual reports after the US sub-prime ...

The classical Bagehot’s conception of a Lender of Last Resort (LOLR) that lends to illiquid banks has been criticized on two grounds: on the one hand, the distinction between insolvency and illiquidity is not clear cut; on the other a fully collateralized repo market allows Central Banks to provide the adequate aggregated amount of liquidity and leave the responsibility of lending uncollaterali...

Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets are being employed alongside personal computers, and even replacing them in some applications. Banks are increasingly investing on mobility, by enabling the mobile web and mobile app channels for online banking, and by providing new mobile payment services. In this paper, the services for off-branch banking offered by several Italian banks are anal...

Green banking is the operation of the banking activities giving especial attention upon the social, ecological and environmental factors aiming at the conservation of nature and natural resources. Banks can be green through bringing changes in six main spheres of banking activities. Those are Change in Investment Management, Change in Deposit Management, Change in House Keeping, Change in the P...