Banking

Mandy is going to buy ..... because she doesn't want to carry cash when she goes to Europe.

..... charges are high and cause a lot of problems for people who write checks for more than they have in their account.

Nowadays, bank customers have more options. For example, they can pay their bills over the telephone or they can pay them ......

China's financial institutions have historically suffered the disadvantage of having dual operating roles: the authorities viewed them not simply as banks, but also as a major ..... for providing capital to state-run companies.

For example, China Construction Bank and ICBC closed more than 11,500 and 12,900 branches respectively, and each reduced its workforce by over 100,000 employees; the financial restructuring of these banks was ..... in China's banking history.

The MAS, in a step to liberalise commercial banking in Singapore, has provided qualifying full bank status to some foreign banks to provide a full ..... of financial services to individuals and corporates and issued wholesale bank status to a number of foreign banks to serve commercial customers.

Foreign direct investment is improving and on the local financial markets, several new international ..... have established themselves (amongst others, Fortis and Dexia); these firms import the required energy, knowledge and expertise, new types of financial instruments and will enhance competition and innovation.

Business process outsourcing involves a third party managing the entire business process, such as accounting, financing, customer support and human resources; BPO is a strategy offering a ..... business value proposition for companies to gain operational efficiency, focus on core expertise, save time and reduce costs.

Just as with forecasting the weather, ..... analysis doesn't produce absolute predictions of future trends in the market, but it can help investors in anticipating what is likely to happen to prices, especially over the short term.

The ..... option exhibits the same cash flow potential as its international counterparts with the same underlying strike price and date of expiry, but one advantage is that the investor can choose when to exercise his option if he suddenly needs to unload the security.