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Pricing is integral to insurance design, directly influencing firm behavior and moral hazard, though its effects are insufficiently understood. I study a quasi-experiment in which deposit insurance premiums were changed for U.S. banks with unequal timing, generating differentials between banks in both levels and risk-based "steepness" of premiums. I find evidence that differentials in premiums resulted in distortions, including regulatory arbitrage, but also provided strong incentives to curb moral hazard. I find that firms that faced stronger pricing incentives to become (or remain) safer were more likely to subsequently do so than similar firms that faced weaker pricing incentives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main contention of this article is that government insurance for bank deposits should be unlimited. In spite of claims made in the literature concerning the moral hazard dangers of deposit insurance schemes, I argue that these claims are unconvincing; indeed, the empirical record - discussed here in relation to Northern Rock and SVB - demonstrates that uninsured depositors exhibit similar behaviour to their insured counterparts, undermining the claim that limiting insurance induces risk-monitoring. In contrast, there is strong evidence that in developed jurisdictions with established, mature regulatory institutions, deposit insurance does not result in excessive risk-taking on the part of banks. The significant financial stability benefits accruing to insuring bank deposits include the elimination of depositor runs, a reduction in the incentives for unregulated bank-like financial intermediation (shadow banking), and heightened competition. Activity restrictions and other measures can reduce any heightened risk-taking which emerges as a result of wider insurance coverage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the impact of the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) on cross-border tax evasion and avoidance practices. The authors use data from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) to analyze the responses of deposit owners in tax havens affected by the CRS. The results show that the adoption of the CRS significantly reduced cross-border deposits held by non-resident households in tax havens. The article also explores the potential impact of the CRS on international investment flows and discusses the role of shell companies in hindering efforts to reduce tax evasion. However, the authors acknowledge limitations in the available data and suggest further research to improve policy analysis in these areas. [Extracted from the article]

A simple model is developed to analyze the effects of social media use by a bank's uninsured depositors. While social media increases the likelihood of bank runs, it can be ex-ante beneficial to a bank by raising its shareholders' equity. Social media enhances monitoring of a bank's financial condition, thereby giving uninsured depositors a valuable option to withdraw early and avoid potential losses in states when a bank is likely to be insolvent. Recognizing this option, uninsured depositors require a lower promised interest rate that reduces the bank's cost of funding at the expense of a greater liability for the bank's deposit insurer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper studies the effect of deposit insurance on depositor behavior. Our theoretical framework integrates insights from public and financial economics and predicts that (1) deposit insurance induces bunching at the threshold in the deposit distribution and (2) an increase in the insurance threshold promotes deposit growth, particularly higher for individuals bunching at the initial limit. We exploit a large and unexpected increase in the Colombian insurance together with monthly depositor-level records from a major bank to test these predictions. We validate the existence of bunching in deposits and quantify the heterogeneous effect of deposit insurance on individual deposit growth. Authors have furnished an Internet Appendix , which is available on the Oxford University Press Web site next to the link to the final published paper online. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We test whether organizational risk management matters to bondholders of U.S. bank holding companies (BHCs), and find that debt financing costs increase when the BHC has lower-quality risk management. Consistent with bailouts giving rise to moral hazard among bank creditors, we find that bondholders put less emphasis on risk management in large institutions for which bailouts are expected ex-ante. BHCs that maintained strong risk management before the financial crisis had lower debt costs during and after the crisis, compared to other banks. Overall, quality risk management can curtail risk exposures at BHCs and result in lower debt costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several policymakers and academic works have been discussing the nature of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) as well as its debated relationship with crypto-assets. CBDC would allow the private (non-financial) sector to access the central bank’s reserves. Given its superior hierarchy in the money spectrum, CBDC adoption could trigger a strong or mild conversion from deposits, depending on its design, with strong impacts on the assets and liabilities composition and magnitude of different actors. The aim of this paper is to study the dynamics related to the transmigration process from deposits to CBDC as well as the process of money creation through a detailed step-by-step analysis, tracking the transactions between the institutions involved in its adoption. It underlines the validity of the endogenous money theory (EMT) in describing those transactions while clarifying the maintenance of the commercial banks’ vital role in the process of money creation, in a world with the emergence of CBDC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In emerging countries, deposits play an important role in banks' total funding; hence, depositor discipline may significantly impact banking performance and financial system stability. This paper investigates depositor discipline before and after Vietnam's 2008–2011 banking crisis when depositors had little experience regarding bank bailouts and the amount of deposit insurance was limited to a low cap. The study points out that before the crisis, the level of deposit financing in banks depended on both the interest rates offered and on measures of banks' risk‐taking. After the crisis, given that the Vietnamese government prevented all bank failures to ensure economic, political, and social stability, depositors still react to interest rate changes, but substantially less to risk. This suggests that they have learned that their deposits are safe regardless of the risk the bank is taking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Insurance for human life is very important, and it requires a sense of comfort and safety. So that many companies have established their business in the field of insurance, behind insurance companies that provide security protection. Not all companies run smoothly in other words the company is inseparable from the threat of bankruptcy. This research focuses on legal certainty for customers when an insurance company with claim obligations is declared bankrupt. The research problem addresses the challenges faced by customers in such situations and the legal protection available to them. The purpose of this research is to find out the responsibility of insurance companies that are declared bankrupt in fulfilling customer claims and to find out the legal certainty for customers in cases when insurance companies that have claims obligations are declared bankrupt. The methodology used is normative juridical, by analyzing the law based on literature study, articles in the Civil Code, Law Number 21 of 2011 concerning OJK, Law Number 37 of 2004 concerning Bankruptcy and postponement of debt payment obligations, and Insurance Law. The results discuss the importance of legal protection provided by the Financial Services Authority and the Deposit Insurance Corporation for insurance customers in bankruptcy cases. The findings underscore the need for compliance with certain legal provisions to ensure customer protection, especially in cases involving insolvent insurance companies. The implications of this study emphasize the importance of legal certainty and the role of regulatory bodies in protecting customer rights in the insurance sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite its scarcity, capital is necessary for a country's economic development. To channelise capital foreign investment, financial intermediaries such as development banks, commercial banks, investment and financial institutions, insurance and investment banks are required. The expansion of the capital market is required to encourage and steer capital formation. The capital market encourages investment while also bringing vigour and dynamism to the country's business organisations. The availability of accounting information and financial reporting is crucial for the effectiveness of capital markets, efficient resource allocation, capital information and economic development. Prior researchers prove the relevance of accounting information as a predictor of changes in stock behaviour in particular and growth of stock market in general. To augment this aspect the relevance of segment wise information provided by companies becomes important to be studied. Hence, the present study examines the influence of segment reporting on value relevance. Stock price after 90 days from the end of the financial year has been taken as a dependent variable and various segment related dimensions as independent variable for the period 2016-2017 to 2021-2022. It employed Ohlson (1995) model and indicates that Segment reporting information has significant and positive influence on value relevance thus it clearly indicates that investor's view segment information while making investment decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Drawing from 645 microfinance institutions across 56 countries, this paper examines the deposit‐borrowing dynamic of microfinance institutions' source of capital. We find that deposits and borrowings are substitutes rather than complements. We further find that the degree of substitutability is more pronounced among microfinance institutions operating in a developed financial sector where the level of information asymmetry is lower. Our findings represent novel contribution in understanding microfinance institutions' funding behaviour that supports its quest for further growth and long‐term sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This summary discusses the potential risks associated with stablecoins and proposes a method for estimating the cost of insuring stablecoins against losses. Stablecoins, which are crypto assets designed to maintain a stable value, have gained popularity but also raised concerns about financial stability. The article suggests that insuring stablecoins, similar to bank deposits, could mitigate these risks. Using option pricing methods, the authors estimate the cost of guaranteeing stablecoins against losses for 90 days, which ranges from nearly zero to almost $0.13 per dollar of stablecoins. The estimates vary based on the volatility of stablecoin prices and the issuers' balance sheets. The article provides useful information for policymakers considering stablecoin insurance. [Extracted from the article]

Proportionality, pivotal to EU regulations and Solvency II, tailors rules to insurers' size and complexity. Inconsistent application by supervisory authorities (NSAs) necessitates clarity to prevent undue costs. This study examines the issue via a review of the literature and industry discussions, emphasizing Solvency II's introduction of proportionality and the varied interpretations it evokes. Transparent communication is crucial, and regulatory evolution must align with market dynamics, with the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) fostering convergence. Assessing proportionality mandates a comprehensive evaluation of an insurer's nature, scale, and complexity. Regulatory distinctions between first-party and third-party risks could enhance market efficiency. Ultimately, a holistic, market-oriented approach is essential for proportionate regulation in the insurance sector, requiring concerted efforts to elucidate frameworks, foster transparency, and align regulatory evolution with market dynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We examine the impact of Islamic religiosity, based on an area at the province level, on the amount of depositor funds per capita in Islamic banks. We rely on the religious actors (per capita mosque, per capita Islamic school, and per capita Islamic seminary school) and religious practice (per capita hajj) to capture the religiosity level by province in 33 provinces in Indonesia from 2013 to 2018. We performed pooled least square regressions to test our hypothesis. 2SLS and 3SLS procedures were selected to tackle endogeneity issues, i.e., simultaneity and omitted variable bias. The relationship between religiosity and the amount of depositor funds has a simultaneity problem since the decision to deposit money in a bank increases the funds available to the society. A higher supply of funds could be used not only to increase the quantity of religious actors, but also to enhance the quality of religious actors and religious practices. Consequently, the religiosity level of the people will be improved since both religious actors and religious practices shape the behavior of the people by promoting religious ideas, norms, and values. We find that Islamic banks in the stronger religiosity area receive more deposits from the customers. Our result is robust to endogeneity problems. Our study has an important practical implication since it allows businesses, including Islamic banks, to develop effective strategies when entering or expanding business in a new area, especially in the absence of the survey data of individuals' religiosity in certain areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the interaction between bank capital and explicit deposit insurance scheme (DIS) on the financial stability of Islamic and conventional banks. Design/methodology/approach: The author's sample covers 52 Islamic and 108 conventional banks operating in 12 countries over the period 2000–2021 using the random-effects generalized least squares (RE-GLS) regression technique. Findings: The author's results reveal that bank capital negatively mediates the relationship between explicit DIS and the financial stability of both Islamic and conventional banks. Additionally, explicit DIS has a positive impact on the financial stability of conventional banks. However, the results are mixed for Islamic banks, as the effect of explicit DIS is positive for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region but negative for the South and Southeast Asia (SSA) region. Finally, the interaction between explicit DIS and the COVID-19 pandemic has a negative effect on conventional banks operating in the MENA region, while it has a positive effect on Islamic banks operating in the SSA region. Research limitations/implications: The findings of this paper have important implications for regulators in evaluating DIS policies and in anticipating any potential adverse consequences that might arise for both Islamic and conventional banks in normal and crisis times. Policymakers should strive to preserve the benefits of DIS while mitigating the destabilizing effects of its interaction with capital ratios. Originality/value: This study introduces a novel aspect by examining the mediating role of capital in the relationship between explicit DIS and the financial stability of Islamic and conventional banks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This paper investigated whether a bank's popularity and depositors' fear of Google search volume could affect bank deposits and credit. Design/methodology/approach: The authors used two different quarterly data from Google Trends and banking data from 2012 Q1 to 2020 Q1. Based on available data, Google Trends data start from 2012. The authors exclude data after 2020 Q1 because the Covid-19 pandemic arguably increased the volume of Internet users due to shifting behavior to online activities. They merged and cleaned the data by winsorizing at 5 and 95 percentiles to avoid any outlier problems, reaching 74 banks in the sample. They used panel data estimation of quarterly data following Levy-Yeyati et al. (2010) and Trinugroho et al. (2020). Findings: The results show that a higher search volume of a bank's name leads to higher deposits. A higher search volume of depositor fear reduces deposits and credit. The authors also found that banks with high risk and a high search volume of their name have a significantly lower volume of deposits. Originality/value: To the best of the authors' knowledge, not many papers in banking and finance have used Google Trends data to gauge related issues regarding depositors' behavior. The authors have filled a gap in the literature by investigating whether the popularity of Google search and depositors' fear could impact deposits and credit. This study also attempted to establish whether Google Trends data could be a reliable source of information to predict depositors' behavior by using a Zscore to measure bank risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates the impact of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) on monetary policy flexibility, the effective lower bound (ELB), and negative interest rate policies (NIRPs), specifically in the case of the digital euro (DE). Through a combination of theoretical modeling and empirical analysis, including two extensive surveys among EU participants, we explore whether CBDCs can change the ELB and affect consumer preferences in favor of the digital euro over physical cash. Our findings indicate that the introduction of the DE could potentially move the ELB from its current value of around −1.30% by approximately 0.25%. If agents had the possibility to move their deposits into both cash and DE, they would convert approximately 52% of the converted amount into cash and the rest into CBDCs. However, over a 10 year period, the situation would shift in favor of the DE, with a share of 63%. Both findings show that NIRPs will be more limited in the case of the introduction of CBDCs (DE). These facts must be considered both when deciding whether to introduce a CBDC (DE) and after its eventual introduction in the case of NIRP application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

According to the Key Principles of Effective Deposit Insurance Systems, an important guarantee of the proper functioning of deposit insurance is the independence of the deposit insurance body. The aim of the study is to develop a scientific and methodological approach to assessing the independence of the Deposit Guarantee Fund. The methods used in the study are the calculation of the composite indicator, the use of scores, analysis and synthesis. The publication formulates the criteria for the independence of the Natural Persons Deposits Guarantee Fund by its components: institutional independence – the term for which the managing director is appointed, the term for which the members of the administrative council are appointed, the requirements for the managing director when appointing to the position, the requirements for the members of the administrative council when appointing to the position, the procedure for appointing the managing director, the procedure for dismissing the managing director, the procedure for appointing members of the administrative council, the procedure for terminating the powers of the members of the administrative council, the conditions for the dismissal of the managing director, the conditions for terminating the powers of the members of the administrative council, the membership of directors in political parties, the ownership of corporate rights by managers; operational independence – regulation-making activities, judicial immunity of the Fund, requirements for avoiding conflicts of interest, prohibition to interfere in the activities of the Fund, international activities of the Fund, access to bank secrecy, administrative powers; financial independence – formation of internal organizational structure, sources of funding, budgeting, financial control procedure. In the context of improving the institutional independence of the Deposit Guarantee Fund, it is proposed to increase the term for which the managing director and members of the administrative board are appointed; to refer the issue of appointment and dismissal of the managing director of the Fund to the competence of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the proposal of the President of Ukraine; to regulate the membership of the Fund’s directors in political parties; to include independent members in the administrative board of the Fund. In order to strengthen operational independence, it is important to provide the Deposit Guarantee Fund with the right of legislative initiative, as well as access to bank secrecy. Improving the financial independence of the Deposit Guarantee Fund requires increasing the level of independence of financial control, as well as reducing the risk of non-repayment of the Fund’s debt to the State.

The paper investigates the effect of a (semi-) deposit run during a debt crisis on crime rates. The study focuses on Greece's protracted debt crisis (2009–2018) and analyzes the response of crime to deposit outflows. It shows that deposit outflows corresponded to a significant increase in property crimes (thefts and burglaries), but not other types of offenses. The study provides useful policy insights for regulatory authorities tasked with monitoring and decreasing the criminogenic effects of financial destabilization [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with the problem of how the risk perception among retail customers is affected by the consumer protection regulation on the financial market. Through a questionnaire survey, we have measured the effect of selected consumer protection measures on banking or investment decisions taken by a young (student) population. These measures included the most common elements of financial regulation, such as bank deposit insurance, corporate bond prospectus, licenced fund management and securities broker indemnity insurance. Our results show that protective state intervention represents strong stimuli for customer decision-making with a widely misleading effect. It overshadows other factors, including individual qualification, risk-reward preference and demographic attributes, all of which were found to be insignificant. Since the surveyed measures reached a similar level of effect yet they offer different substance, this outcome has important policymaking implications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Using natural disasters as shocks to local economies, we document that a bank branch's ability to set deposit rates locally has real effects. Following disasters, branches with rates set locally increase deposit rates more and experience higher deposit volumes in affected counties. Consistent with imperfect insurance from internal capital markets, banks with more branches setting rates locally relatively expand mortgage lending in affected counties. House prices recover faster in local areas where more branches' rates are set locally. This paper was accepted by Tomasz Piskorski, finance. Supplemental Material: The data files and online appendix are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4856. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The FDIC resolves insolvent banks with scoring auctions. Although the structure of the scoring rule is known to bidders, they are uncertain about how the FDIC trades off different bid components. Scoring-rule uncertainty motivates bidders to submit multiple bids for the same failed bank. To evaluate the effects of uncertainty and multiple bidding for FDIC costs, we develop a methodology for analysing multidimensional bidding when the auctioneer's scoring weights are unknown to bidders. We estimate private valuations for failed-bank assets during the great financial crisis and compute counterfactuals in the absence of scoring uncertainty. Our findings imply a substantial reduction in FDIC resolution costs of between 29.8% ($8.2 billion) and 44.6% ($12.3 billion). These savings can reduce policy-driven banking-sector distortions, since FDIC resolution costs are covered either through special levies on banks or through loans from the US Treasury. Our analyses also shed new light on optimal bid portfolio choice in combinatorial auctions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article deals with billing fraud by medical supply providers in the healthcare sector and the legal consequences for violations of the prohibition on deposits, donations, and profit-sharing. There is disagreement about the interpretation of social law provisions, which leads to different outcomes in case law. The Federal Court of Justice affirms a damage in the amount of the billed sum if the service provider has no entitlement to remuneration. It is argued that the damage, despite possible savings for health insurance funds, should be considered a genuine and economic damage. The Health Data Utilization Act attempts to strike a balance between data protection and data usage. [Extracted from the article]

This article proposes a new method to determine deposit insurance prices, specifically designed for financial institutions dealing with high-risk scenarios. The method is based on a modified option approach rooted in the Variance-Gamma process, which aims to provide a more accurate and refined means of assessing and pricing deposit insurance. The model assumes that the total deposit and asset price processes follow a Variance-Gamma process. The Monte Carlo simulation method is used to price the deposit insurance premium using the modified option method. The results show that kurtosis and skewness in the distribution of assets and deposits should be considered when calculating deposit insurance pricing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hedging requires adequacy and timing. This paper finds that banks did not systematically ignore balance‐sheet risks like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), and instead exercised risk management by asymmetrically increasing hedging activity when security losses increase and scaling back hedging activity as security losses reverse. Banks also hedge against bank runs when risk increases due to a combination of security losses and funding risks from unsecured deposits. Findings suggest SVB's mistakes are idiosyncratic. Results suggest that nonstress test banks target balance‐sheet risks when hedging, stabilizing themselves from interest rate shocks transmitted through fixed‐income securities. Scrutiny of rules‐based outliers like SVB is preferable to increased regulatory burden for all nonstress test banks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The replacement rate (RR) is a quintessential property of pension systems. Yet, current measures of the RR are plagued with problems. We argue that the concept of RR should be based on the replacement of lifetime permanent income rather than pre-retirement income, and we show that the self-financeable RR with respect to the permanent income has the advantage of being independent of labor income (wages and density of contributions). We define an RR measure, called CRR, as the country-level RR of the permanent labor income that the working-age population could buy with their mandatory pension deposits if they stay constant over time. Pension deposits refer to national mandatory contributions plus the fraction of non-contributory pensions whose financing could be attributed to the working-age population, all as a percentage of the gross domestic product. The CRR is easy to compute and interpret, is nationally representative, and provides an international ranking because it is independent of pension rules, GDP, intertemporal and intergenerational redistributions, and sustainability. The application of the CRR to most OECD countries using the available data shows a 65% average across them, with several countries achieving a 100% RR, all mostly due to their high mandatory contributions as a percentage of GDP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The National Library of the Republic of Indonesia is a non-ministerial government institution that carries out government duties in the library sector which functions as a supervisory library, reference library, deposit library, research library, preservation library and library network center and is located in the nation's capital. As a library institution, the National Library of the Republic of Indonesia must strive to increase the number of visits and reading interest of the Indonesian people. The aim of this research is to analyze reading interest at the National Library of the Republic of Indonesia and user satisfaction as a mediator variable. The variables used as factors influencing reading interest in this research are promotion and visits. The research was conducted by surveying 100 visiting users using convenience sampling techniques. Data analysis was carried out using path analysis. The results of the research are that there is an influence of promotion and visits on user satisfaction and user satisfaction has an influence on reading interest. User satisfaction is a mediating variable, meaning that reading interest is influenced by promotion both directly and indirectly through user satisfaction and reading interest is influenced by visits both directly and indirectly through user satisfaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: As knowledge management increasingly becomes critical for the success of professional service firms, this paper uses social exchange theory to investigate the interactive impact of transformational leadership and organizational innovation on online knowledge sharing by employees in professional service firms. This study aims to investigate the mediating roles of job autonomy and job engagement in this process. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from a survey of 350 frontline employees in professional service providers, including banking, telecommunication and insurance. Structural equation modeling was used for data analysis. Findings: The results show that transformational leadership positively affects job autonomy, which in turn has a positive impact on online knowledge sharing through job engagement. Thus, job autonomy and job engagement mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and online knowledge sharing. Finally, organizational innovation moderates the relationship between transformational leadership and job autonomy. Originality/value: This paper extends the knowledge management literature by studying the impact of transformational leadership on the online knowledge-sharing behavior and exploring the focal roles of job autonomy and job engagement in online-sharing behavior in professional service firms. The findings also provide useful implications for practitioners to help them engage employees in the adoption of digital technologies to optimize outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• Contributions to deposit insurance should be proportionate to the risk associated with the business model. • Cooperative and commercial banks are characterised by a different risk profile. • Cooperative banks generate lower losses associated with deposit insurance than commercial banks. • A one-size-fits-all approach to the funding regime of deposit insurance may not be equitable and may create additional burdens on cooperative banks. This paper analyses how the risk of commercial and cooperative banks may affect the European Deposit Guarantee Scheme (EDIS) to assess the appropriateness of a differentiated contribution regime. Evidence shows that these institutions have different objectives, ownership structures and operational approaches that impact their risk profile. As a result, a single regulatory approach may not be appropriate and may place an additional burden on cooperative banks. Using a simulation model and a sample of banks representing 81% of deposits in the Eurozone between 2018 and 2021, we analyse risk, deposit insurance losses and financial coverage needs. We find that cooperative banks are less risky, generate fewer losses and should provide fewer resources compared to commercial banks. These findings are important to achieve a more equitable and efficient funding policy in the future development of the EDIS as the third pillar to complete the Banking Union. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This paper aims to evaluate the performance of the multiple linear regression (MLR) using a fixed-effects model (FE) and artificial neural network (ANN) models to predict the level of customer deposits on a sample of Tunisian commercial banks. Design/methodology/approach: Training and testing datasets are developed to evaluate the level of customer deposits of 15 Tunisian commercial banks over the 2002–2021 period. This study uses two predictive modeling techniques: the MLR using a FE model and ANN. In addition, it uses the mean absolute error (MAE), R-squared and mean square error (MSE) as performance metrics. Findings: The results prove that both methods have a high ability in predicting customer deposits of 15 Tunisian banks. However, the ANN method has a slightly higher performance compared to the MLR method by considering the MAE, R-squared and MSE. Practical implications: The findings of this paper will be very significant for banks to use additional management support to forecast the level of their customers' deposits. It will be also beneficial for investors to have knowledge about the capacity of banks to attract deposits. Originality/value: This paper contributes to the existing literature on the application of machine learning in the banking industry. To the author's knowledge, this is the first study that predicts the level of customer deposits using banking specific and macroeconomic variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The deposit insurance system in India is one of the oldest in the world. Though deposit insurance is a well-researched area across the globe, it is relatively unexplored in India. This paper aims to critically evaluate some of the core aspects of the Indian deposit insurer, explicate the strengths and weaknesses of the system, highlight the risks that accrue to the system due to its features and the lessons learned from its 60 years of experience. The study suggests that the Indian deposit insurance system is marred by certain issues, such as irregular revisions of coverage limits, cross-subsidisation, delays in the recovery of settled claims, the restricted role of the insurer and the non-availability of a benchmark for the insurance fund. It further provides policy recommendations for practitioners to overcome these shortcomings and enhance the robustness of the deposit insurer by allowing better risk management under the scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the essential duty of boards to navigate uncertainty and embrace risk in strategic planning despite the complexity of the decision-making environment. Topics include dividing the future into better and adverse scenarios, working backward from a defined successful future, and understanding risk personalities and effective communication strategies within board members to ensure alignment with organizational goals.

The article provides a comprehensive overview of the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) in the United States. It discusses the historical context of their establishment during the Great Depression and their evolution over time. The article highlights key legislation and regulatory changes that have shaped the FHLBanks' mission and membership. It also addresses criticisms of the FHLBanks and suggests potential opportunities for improvement, such as clarifying their mission, expanding membership, and increasing support for affordable housing. The article emphasizes the importance of adaptability and evolution for the FHLBanks to remain relevant in the changing financial industry. [Extracted from the article]

The article explores the need for reforming the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) coverage limits and proposes targeted coverage for business payment accounts. It provides a historical background on deposit insurance and its role in maintaining stability and public confidence in the financial system. The article discusses the use of the systemic risk exception (SRE) and the constraints imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act. The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in 2023 have sparked a national discussion on deposit insurance and the need to protect uninsured depositors. The article presents three proposals for altering deposit insurance, including incremental increases in coverage, universal coverage, and targeted coverage. It argues that targeted coverage for business deposit accounts would provide greater confidence and stability in the banking system. The article addresses potential critiques and suggests using tax identification numbers or employer identification numbers to distinguish business accounts. It concludes by emphasizing the need for immediate action and a new approach to deposit insurance. [Extracted from the article]

The North Carolina School Banking Institute Journal celebrates the publication of Volume 28 of the 2024 North Carolina Banking Institute continuing legal education program. The journal covers a range of topics, including the bank failures of March 2023, the history of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, the effects of Dodd-Frank's Durbin Amendment on the debit card industry, and various issues facing the banking and financial services industries today. The journal also includes student notes on cutting-edge issues and features speakers at the annual University of North Carolina School of Law Banking Institute. The Center for Banking and Finance at the University of North Carolina School of Law sponsors the Banking Institute and is involved in other programs to provide education to the banking and finance industry. The Center's activities are supported by a distinguished Board of Advisors and sponsorships. [Extracted from the article]

The legal cannabis industry in the United States has faced challenges in accessing banking services due to federal laws prohibiting cannabis sales and use. This has forced many businesses to operate on a cash-only basis, creating safety risks and inefficiencies. The SAFER Banking Act has been introduced to address these issues, but it has limitations and gaps. The text proposes targeted amendments to strengthen the SAFER Banking Act and promote equitable access to banking for legitimate cannabis businesses. The article discusses the history of cannabis banking legislation, the challenges faced by the industry, and the need for comprehensive solutions. [Extracted from the article]

Anticipated increase in future river flood risk highlights the need for effective flood insurance, as it enables hedging against this risk. However, its design varies significantly across countries. This study contributes to the debate on designing flood insurance mechanisms from an economy-wide perspective, considering both socioeconomic and climate changes. We apply a multi-regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) model for 2050 and find that, under current insurance market systems, flood risk causes regional GDP losses of up to −0.5%, societal welfare losses of up to −1%, and private and public consumption losses of up to −0.5% and −2.4%, respectively. These estimates are all relative to a scenario without flood risk. Our results indicate that flood risk intensifies pressure on public budgets. We find that insurance market reforms, including a higher degree of risk-sharing, mandatory purchase requirements, and public reinsurance, can alleviate adverse welfare effects and the burden on public budgets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]