Boschen and Weise (Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2003) model the probability of a large upturn in in‡ation. We extend their work to show that openness to trade exerts a negative e¤ect on the probability of such an event. Keywords: In‡ation starts, trade openness. JEL classi…cation: E31, F41.

Pakistan banking sector has gone through tremendous technological changes and launched Online banking Information System (OBIS). However, the literature reports that users are uncertain and indecisive to accept and use the system. Therefore, it generates interest for further research to explore the factors behind users’ reluctance to accept and use OBIS. The literature suggests that there is li...

Over the last three decades the role of banking in the process of financial intermediation has been undergoing a profound transformation, owing to changes in the global financial system. India’s banking system has seen some major financial innovations in the past decade as well as steps to promote financial inclusion, schemes that aim to take banking services to yet-to-be-banked areas. The vari...

With the rapid development of the Internet and information technology, electronic commerce system is flourishing. In electronic commerce, customers use electronic money (e-money) instead of cash. E-money in wide use includes electronic cash, electronic checks, electronic coupons, and so on. E-money is fixed at face-value and is backed by banks. The fact that e-money is not issued in the actual ...

– Internet Banking System refers to systems that enable bank customers to access accounts and general information on bank products and services through a personal computer or other intelligent device. Internet banking products and services can include detailed account information for corporate customers as well as account summery and transfer money. Ultimately, the products and services obtaine...

The analysis of macroeconomic variables for current situation in Iran indicates a Conundrum. Solving this puzzle is vital for Central Bank of Iran in order to choose an appropriate approach for monetary policy and banking supervision. Increase in liquidity growth rate, significant decrease of inflation rate and interest rate rigidity are the three sides of this puzzle. This study designs an inn...

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...

This paper presents multifactor authentication method for securing access to e-banking systems in Nigeria using fingerprint recognition and SiteKey authentication. Fingerprint authentication is based on the notion of fingerprint individuality; the idea that fingerprint image of an individual is unique and can be used to uniquely identify him/her. SiteKey authentication on the other hand, uses a...

Data mining is becoming strategically important area for many business organizations including banking sector. It is a process of analyzing the data from various perspectives and summarizing it into valuable information. Data mining assists the banks to look for hidden pattern in a group and discover unknown relationship in the data. Today, customers have so many opinions with regard to where t...