The Decline of Traditional Banking Activities
The decline of traditional banking activities raise the issue of efficiency of financial stability, in terms ofquantitative and qualitative aspects – the increasing danger of banking failures as well as of susceptibility due toincreased propensity of banking institutions to assume additional to risk...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Danubius University
2011-05-01
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| Series: | EIRP Proceedings |
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| Online Access: | http://www.proceedings.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/eirp/article/view/772/699 |
| Summary: | The decline of traditional banking activities raise the issue of efficiency of financial stability, in terms ofquantitative and qualitative aspects – the increasing danger of banking failures as well as of susceptibility due toincreased propensity of banking institutions to assume additional to risks either in the form of riskier loans offer orengaging in other "non-traditional" financial activities which give a promise for greater profitability, but also higherrisks. Non-traditional activities of banking as financial products dealers (financial derivatives), generate an increasingrisks and vulnerabilities in the form of moral hazard issues. That is the reason why and these activities should beregulated as well as are the traditional activities. Challenges posed by the decline of traditional banking activities istwofold: the stability of the banking system must be maintained, while the banking system needs to be restructured toachieve financial stability in the long run. One possible way is an appropriate regulatory framework to encourage atransition period of changing the structure of banking activity(reduction of traditional activities and expanding nontraditional activities) to enable banking institutions to perform a deep methodic analysis of non traditional activities,oriented to the financial banking efficiency. |
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| ISSN: | 2067-9211 2069-9344 |