The Global Findex Database 2017

The Global Findex Database 2017
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Publisher : World Bank Publications
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 9781464812682
ISBN-13 : 1464812683
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis The Global Findex Database 2017 by : Asli Demirguc-Kunt

In 2011 the World Bank—with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—launched the Global Findex database, the world's most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk. Drawing on survey data collected in collaboration with Gallup, Inc., the Global Findex database covers more than 140 economies around the world. The initial survey round was followed by a second one in 2014 and by a third in 2017. Compiled using nationally representative surveys of more than 150,000 adults age 15 and above in over 140 economies, The Global Findex Database 2017: Measuring Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution includes updated indicators on access to and use of formal and informal financial services. It has additional data on the use of financial technology (or fintech), including the use of mobile phones and the Internet to conduct financial transactions. The data reveal opportunities to expand access to financial services among people who do not have an account—the unbanked—as well as to promote greater use of digital financial services among those who do have an account. The Global Findex database has become a mainstay of global efforts to promote financial inclusion. In addition to being widely cited by scholars and development practitioners, Global Findex data are used to track progress toward the World Bank goal of Universal Financial Access by 2020 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The database, the full text of the report, and the underlying country-level data for all figures—along with the questionnaire, the survey methodology, and other relevant materials—are available at www.worldbank.org/globalfindex.

Financial Services and Markets Bill

Financial Services and Markets Bill
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 0108395081
ISBN-13 : 9780108395086
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Financial Services and Markets Bill by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords

Draft Financial Services Bill

Draft Financial Services Bill
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Publisher : The Stationery Office
Total Pages : 136
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ISBN-10 : 0108474062
ISBN-13 : 9780108474064
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Draft Financial Services Bill by : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on the Draft Financial Services Bill

In autumn 2008, Britain's banking system came perilously close to collapse. To avert catastrophe, the Government was forced to step in with multi-billion pound bailouts. Many factors led to this crisis including failings in financial supervision and fuzzy allocation of responsibilities for preventing and managing systemic crises. The draft Financial Services Bill (printed as chapter 5 of 'A new approach to financial regulation: the blueprint for reform' (Cm. 8083, June 2011, 9780101808323) is aimed at preventing such a potentially calamitous systemic failure of the financial sector occurring again. It proposes far reaching changes to the regulatory structure, replacing the tripartite system of financial regulation with a twin peaks model. The Joint Committee's recommendations are intended to ensure that the new regulatory authorities have the right objectives, powers and responsibilities and systems of accountability which will be essential to make them effective.

The Smart Financial Advisor

The Smart Financial Advisor
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Publisher : Harriman House Limited
Total Pages : 207
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ISBN-10 : 9780857195845
ISBN-13 : 0857195840
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis The Smart Financial Advisor by : Bill Martin CFA

Values-based Financial Planning

Values-based Financial Planning
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 174
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ISBN-10 : 1887006036
ISBN-13 : 9781887006033
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Values-based Financial Planning by : Bill Bachrach

Whether you're already well-to-do or just beginning to build a nest egg, this book will help you to make smart financial choices based on what's important to you ...

The Pig Book

The Pig Book
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Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9781466853140
ISBN-13 : 146685314X
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis The Pig Book by : Citizens Against Government Waste

The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!

Green Book

Green Book
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages : 144
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ISBN-10 : 152294351X
ISBN-13 : 9781522943518
Rating : 4/5 (1X Downloads)

Synopsis Green Book by : U.s. Department of the Treasury

Welcome to the Green Book a comprehensive guide for financial institutions that receive ACH payments from the Federal government. Today, the vast majority of Federal payments are made via the ACH. With very few exceptions, Federal government ACH transactions continue to be subject to the same rules as private industry ACH payments. As a result, the Green Book continues to get smaller in size and is designed to deal primarily with exceptions or issues unique to Federal government operations.

The Financial Services Bill

The Financial Services Bill
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Publisher : The Stationery Office
Total Pages : 66
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0101843429
ISBN-13 : 9780101843423
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis The Financial Services Bill by : Great Britain. Treasury

The Financial Policy Committee (FPC) is to be established under the Financial Services Bill, currently going through Parliament. The Committee will be charged with identifying, monitoring and addressing risks to the financial system as a whole, as well as supporting the Government's economic objectives. An interim Financial Policy Committee was set up in advance and was asked to evaluate and recommend potential macro-prudential tools that the statutory FPC could be given powers to direct the regulators to implement. Those recommendations were submitted in March 2012. This document describes macro-prudential regulation and the role of the FPC, and sets out the Government's proposals for the FPC's initial toolkit. The powers are designed to allow the FPC to mitigate risks to systemic stability. The two primary powers will be powers of recommendation and powers of direction. A draft of the statutory instrument that will establish the toolkit is included, along with a draft of the impact assessment that will accompany it.

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report
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Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Total Pages : 692
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ISBN-10 : 9781616405410
ISBN-13 : 1616405414
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report by : Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, published by the U.S. Government and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in early 2011, is the official government report on the United States financial collapse and the review of major financial institutions that bankrupted and failed, or would have without help from the government. The commission and the report were implemented after Congress passed an act in 2009 to review and prevent fraudulent activity. The report details, among other things, the periods before, during, and after the crisis, what led up to it, and analyses of subprime mortgage lending, credit expansion and banking policies, the collapse of companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the federal bailouts of Lehman and AIG. It also discusses the aftermath of the fallout and our current state. This report should be of interest to anyone concerned about the financial situation in the U.S. and around the world.THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION is an independent, bi-partisan, government-appointed panel of 10 people that was created to "examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States." It was established as part of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. The commission consisted of private citizens with expertise in economics and finance, banking, housing, market regulation, and consumer protection. They examined and reported on "the collapse of major financial institutions that failed or would have failed if not for exceptional assistance from the government."News Dissector DANNY SCHECHTER is a journalist, blogger and filmmaker. He has been reporting on economic crises since the 1980's when he was with ABC News. His film In Debt We Trust warned of the economic meltdown in 2006. He has since written three books on the subject including Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity (Cosimo Books, 2008), and The Crime Of Our Time: Why Wall Street Is Not Too Big to Jail (Disinfo Books, 2011), a companion to his latest film Plunder The Crime Of Our Time. He can be reached online at www.newsdissector.com.

Fintech

Fintech
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Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Total Pages : 73
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781498321860
ISBN-13 : 1498321860
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Fintech by : International Monetary Fund

The paper finds that while there are important regional and national differences, countries are broadly embracing the opportunities of fintech to boost economic growth and inclusion, while balancing risks to stability and integrity.