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Banking Industry: Structure and Competition
Banking Industry: Structure and Competition
Banking Industry:
Structure and
Competition
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Financial Derivatives
Ability to hedge interest rate risk
Payoffs are linked to previously issued (i.e.
derived from) securities.
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Electronic banking
ATM, home banking, ABM and virtual banking
Junk bonds
Commercial paper market
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Avoidance of Existing
Regulations: Loophole Mining
Reserve requirements act as a tax
on deposits
Restrictions on interest paid on deposits led
to disintermediation
Money market mutual funds
Sweep accounts
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Banks Responses
Expand into new and riskier areas of lending
Commercial real estate loans
Corporate takeovers and leveraged buyouts
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Costs
Elimination of community banks may lead to less lending to
small business
Banks expanding into new areas may take increased risks
and fail
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Source: www2.fdic.gov/qbp/qbpSelect.asp?menuitem=STAT.
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Universal banking
No separation between banking and securities
industries
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International Banking
Rapid growth
Growth in international trade and multinational
corporations
Global investment banking is very profitable
Ability to tap into the Eurodollar market
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Eurodollar Market
Dollar-denominated deposits held in banks
outside of the U.S.
Most widely used currency in international
trade
Offshore deposits not subject to regulations
Important source of funds for U.S. banks
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