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Alternative banking: theory and evidence from Europe
(Editora 34, 2012-12-01)
Since financial liberalization in the 1980s, non-profit maximizing, stakeholder-oriented banks have outperformed private banks in Europe. This article draws on empirical research, banking theory and theories of the firm ...
Development banking in the Eastern Caribbean: the case of Saint Lucia and Grenada
(ECLAC, 2007-05)
Abstract Development Banks are part of the financial landscape of the Eastern Caribbean. In one form or another they have been in existence since the late 1960s and have played a not too insignificant role in the financing ...
The countercyclical behavior of national development banks in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2017)
This paper investigates empirically the cyclical lending patterns of national development banks. To this purpose, we compare the lending activity of national development banks, across crisis and normal times, with that of ...
Back to the future of alternative banks and patient capital
(2016)
This paper explores how savings banks, cooperative banks, and development banks were founded as social reactions of self-defense in the 19th century, accumulated patient capital but suffered political capture in the early ...
Groups of services delivered by Brazilian branchless banking and respective network integration models
(2012)
Over the last decade, Brazil has pioneered an innovative model of branchless banking, known as correspondent banking, involving distribution partnership between banks, several kinds of retailers and a variety of other ...
The future of national development banks
(2017)
In the wake of the global financial crisis, there is growing consensus that national development banks play a valuable role in development finance, at multilateral, regional and national level. This paper looks first at ...
Banking technology to scale microfinance: the case of correspondent banking in Brazil
(2008)
Significant population segments in developing countries have very limited access to basic financial services, such as bank accounts, savings or insurance. Meanwhile, the use of ICT is increasingly becoming an intrinsic ...
Relative power and efficiency as a main determinant of banks’ profitability in Latin America
(ElsevierBorsa İstanbul Anonim ŞirketiNL, 2014-02-22)
Despite the financial sector liberalization and openness that started in the earlier 90's and significant macroeconomic development as well as increasing inflow of capital toward the region, there is not any evidence of ...
The dynamics of specialist development banking: the case of the agriculture development bank of Trinidad and Tobago
(ECLAC, 2007-05)
Introducción Internationally, development banks emerged as governments of many countries attempted to accelerate economic development by directing finance to achieve this objective.Accordingly, it was felt that development ...