Effectiveness of Central Bank Independence via Its Internal Characteristics by Griffin, Caroll H.

“…This study examines central bank independence in developing countries of Latin America and Asia as well as selected developed countries. …”
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The appointment of members to the shariah advisory council of central bank of Malaysia: Legal issues by Hussain, Mohammad Azam, Hassan, Rusni, Azhar, Alias, Hasan, Aznan

“…In Malaysia, the appointment of members to the Shariah Advisory Council (SAC) of the Central Bank of Malaysia (CBM) is prescribed by the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 (Act 701).The Act stipulates the provisions pertaining to the eligible persons to be appointed to the SAC, procedures, terms and conditions of appointment and also remuneration and allowances for the members of the SAC. …”
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The establishment and operation of Islamic Banks in Nigeria: Perception study on the role of the Central Bank of Nigeria by Daud, Mustafa, Mohd Yussof, Ibrahim, Abideen, Adewale

“…Central bank (CB) in any economy is regarded as the Apex bank and the Principal stakeholder in the financial system. …”
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Efficiency and productivity change in Central Bank of Malaysia: Evidence from stochastic frontiers and brownian motion by Baten, Md Azizul, Kassim, M. M., Ramli, Razamin

“…This study evaluated the efficiency of Central Bank of Malaysia and forecasted the productivity change with Brownian motion using both the output oriented Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Malmquist DEA methods.It considered Net Profit and Loan and Advances as outputs and Deposit, Reserve and Fund from International Monetary Fund as inputs of the Central Bank of Malaysia over the time period from 2000 to 2012. …”

The People’s Republic of China’s Interest Rate Pass-Through by Nguyen, Chu

“…Notwithstanding China’s economic liberation and performances, the country’s Central Bank has been perusing interest rate dual-track system, i.e., the control over the deposit and loan interest rates and a free market determination of interest rates of the inter-bank and bond markets. …”
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Shariah Advisory Council (SAC) in the Malaysian lslamic Financial Institutions: Features and legal issues by Md Dahlan, Nuarrual Hilal, Abdul Jalil, Ahmad Zafarullah, Zainol, Zairani, Maamor, Selamah

“…Shariah Advisory Council ('SAC') is established under the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 (Act 701).SAC acts as an authority for the ascertainment of lslamic law for the purposes of lslamic banking/financial business. …”
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Legal regime for the protection of banking consumers in Nigeria: An overview by Malami, Salisu, Mohamed Yusoff, Zuryati

“…Bank customers/consumers are the drivers of the banking industry.Their protection should be a priority.This is because consumer protection boosts consumer confidence and enhances banking quality.This may be the reason the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) made consumer protection part of its reform policies in the banking industry. …”
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How tenure of Sukuk issuances impacts the economic growth in Malaysia? by Mohd Zaki Fadzil, Siti Sarah, Che Arshad, Noraziah

“…There are six different types of Sukuk issuances which includes the long-term government/treasury/central bank (LGTC), long-term corporate (LCTE), long-term agency (LAGY), short-term government/treasury/central bank (SGTC), short-term corporate (SCTE) and short-term agency (SAGY) with the presences of the moderating variable which is the exchange rate (ER). …”
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Self-efficacy in attaining training effectiveness for general insurance agents by Badlishah, Shahrizal, Abdul Majid, Abdul Halim

“…Attaining training effectiveness will be beneficial for General Insurance Agents in performing their daily activities.The training expenditure for General Insurance Agent, which is accounted in the company’s book under the Agency Related Expenses (ARE), applies to all the practitioners in the general insurance agency force with effect from 1st January 2005 where the training hours and related requirements stipulated in the guidelines set by the Central Bank of Malaysia (BNM) must be complied with.The Financial Mediation Bureau (FMB),now known as Ombudsman for Financial Services (OFS), a unit under the Central Bank of Malaysia had recorded 609 customers complaints in 2015, 660 in 2014 and 742 in 2013 for General Insurance products.This report shows that the person who introduces to the public insurance products are not well versed with the product thus the knowledge imparted were different from what is it all about. …”
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Moderating role of boards’ equity ownership in the relationship between corporate governance and the performance of bailed-out banks in Nigeria by Aliyu, Nuraddeen S., Muhammad Jamil, Che Zuriana, Mohamed, Rapiah

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Peranan Bank Pusat Islam dalam melaksanakan polisi kewangan by Anuar, Abdul Rahim

“…The Central Bank in an Islamic economy through its monetary policies is responsible in determining that the growth of money supply is not too rapid or too slow but sufficient to exploit the economic potentials fully so that the production of goods and services would not only increase individual welfare and prosperity to the society but also that of the ummah as a whole.…”
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Endogeneity of money supply: Evidence from Malaysia by Nayan, Sabri, Chik, Abdul Razak

“…Since the central bank can change this base, it can control the supply of money in the economy. …”
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Audit committee financial expertise and real earnings management by Ahmad Zaluki, Nurwati Ashikkin, Badru, Bazeet Olayemi

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Takaful claim dilemma by Yakob, Rubayah, Redzuan, Hendon, Janor, Hawati

“…Borhan was heard grumbling.He had just finished attending July monthly meeting with the top management of Takaful Dinamik Berhad (TDB), a takaful company located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Borhan saw a letter which was discreetly placed on his table by his secretary.He was about to throw his files onto the letter when his eyes caught the phrase "Bank Negara Malaysia” (BNM) on the letter.BNM is the Central Bank of Malaysia and responsible for regulating and monitoring the insurance and takaful industry in the country. …”
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Exchange Rate Volatility and Purchasing Power Parity: Does Euro Make Any Difference? by Manzur, Meher, Chan, Felix

“…The test results are then used to measure the speed of adjustment of the deviations from parity using rolling and recursive regressions procedures.Finally, the forecasting accuracy of the PPP-based Euro exchange rates is compared with those given by the random walk model, and the synthetic Euro series provided by the European Central Bank. In general, the results are supportive of PPP.…”
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Knowledge management in Malaysian bank: A new paradigm by Muhamad Ali, Hafizi, Ahmad, Nor Hayati

“…The importance of this function is accentuated further by the call from the Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia) to integrate the concepts of knowledge management in banking operations. …”
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Dividend payment behaviour and its determinants: The Nigerian evidence by Abdulkadir, Rihanat Idowu, Abdullah, Nur Adiana Hiau, Wong, Woei Chyuan

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Regulation on the parameterized of mudharabah contract: A critical analysis by Che Arshad, Noraziah, Ismail, Abdul Ghafar

“…The profit will be shared between two parties, investor and the care taker.Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the central bank, has already published the draft of its latest Shariah parameter on Mudharabah contract.The rationale of this Shariah parameter is to provide reference on the nature and features of the mudharabah contract to Islamic financial services industry, who is to promote the harmonization of Islamic finance market practices.These are identified and proposed as secondary features mentioned in this parameter.This paper is focusing critically analyzes on practical constraint faced by Islamic banking in the implementation of Mudharabah financing facilities focus on under three categories: Demand Deposit, Mutual Investment Deposits and Special Investment Deposits.What do we expect from this paper may identify if a special rules apply to a types of contract mudharabah especially in restricted and unrestricted because their implication on conflict of interest.…”
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The moderating effect of technology awareness on the relationship between UTAUT constructs and behavioural intention to use technology: A conceptual paper by Abubakar, Faruq Muhammad, Ahmad, Hartini

“…This is liked to non-adoption of new e-payment process introduced by the Central Bank.The adoption of Point of Sale (POS) terminal is reported to be very low.A number of researchers have used several technology adoption theories to answer a similar phenomenon, but their studies were fragmented.Thus the Unified Theory of acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) combined eight among those numerous theories and models of technology adoption, toward a unified view.However, several studies that used UTAUT and investigate behavioural intention to use technology yielded conflicting findings.Therefore this paper, based on review of past literature, conceptualised that ‘technology awareness’ moderates the relationship between performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions and behavioural intention to use POS.…”
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Human resource development as a determinant of performance: Panel evidence from the banking industry by Gidado, Aliyu Mohammed, Muhamad, Suriyani, Kusairi, Suhal

“…In 2010 the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revealed that financial institutions in the country suffered from performance issues involving institutional factors mainly human resource failures which led to serious operational risks. …”
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