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1.1. Agree or disagree with the following statements:

1. Banks are among the most important financial institu-tions.

2. Objectives determine the way in which a bank is orga-nized and operates.

3. It’s not essential for central bank to accept responsibility for advising the government on the making of the country's finan-cial policy.

4. The aim of commercial banks is to earn profit.

5. A commercial bank which provides the same range of services year after year is likely to be successful.

6. Executives who not recognize the changes in the vast ar-ray of markets for products and services will be able to cope with the unprecedented competitive pressure in the market place.

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7. Today only few banking firms have become market-driven and more alert to the changing service demands of their cus-tomers.

8. The service operations of a big bank usually are moni-tored by a cashier, auditor and by vice-presidents.

9. The president is responsible for long-range planning and for assisting heads of the various departments in solving their most pressing problems.

10. The organization chart of a large money bank is very complex.

1.2. Complete the sentences using the following adjectives:

a) possible b) useful c) best d) financial e) major f) sophisticated g) internal h) annual i) marketing

1. Banks necessarily use (1) … accounting systems to rec-ord as clearly as (2) … what the (3) … situation of the bank is.

2. Most accounting information is designed to be (4) … in making economic decisions.

3. Accountants use their experience to aid the management to select the (5) … plan of action for the business.

4. As economic decisions are made by persons both within and outside the bank accounting information may be generated for (6) … and external users. Managerial accounting is concerned largely with providing information for internal use by the manage-ment and focuses more upon planning which includes financing, resource allocation and (7) … decisions.

5. Financial accounting is concerned largely with reporting upon the financial position of a firm and upon its profitability to outsiders, many companies and banks publish these statements in an (8) … report.

6. The report contains auditor's opinion as to the fairness of the financial statement, as well as other information about a compa-ny's activities, products or types of services, profits by (9) … divi-sions and plans.

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2. FUNCTIONS OF A BANK

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Read the text and remember the word combinations in bold type:

A bank is a financial institution that acts as a payment agent for customers, and borrows and lends money. In some countries such as Germany and Japan banks are the primary owners of in-dustrial corporations while in other countries such as the United States banks are prohibited from owning non-financial companies.

The first modern bank was founded in Italy in Genoa in 1406, its name was Banco di San Giorgio (Bank of St. George).

Banks act as payment agents by conducting checking or current accounts for customers, paying cheques drawn by custom-ers on the bank, and collecting cheques deposited to customers' cur-rent accounts. Banks also enable customer payments via other payment methods such as telegraphic transfer, EFTPOS, and ATM.

Banks borrow money by accepting funds deposited on cur-rent account, accepting term deposits and by issuing debt securities such as banknotes and bonds. Banks lend money by making ad-vances to customers on current account, by making instalment loans, and by investing in marketable debt securities and other forms of lending.

Banks provide almost all payment services, and a bank ac-count is considered indispensable by most businesses, individuals and governments. Non-banks that provide payment services such as remittance companies are not normally considered an adequate sub-stitute for having a bank account.

Banks borrow most funds borrowed from households and non-financial businesses, and lend most funds lent to households and non-financial businesses, but non-bank lenders provide a signif-icant and in many cases adequate substitute for bank loans, and money market funds, cash management trusts and other non-bank financial institutions in many cases provide an adequate substitute to banks for lending savings to.

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