- •Unit 5 banking system a. Text commercial banks
- •B. Dialogue
- •Interview With a Bank Manager
- •Vocabulary list
- •Exercises
- •Write out from the main text international words like: agent, credit, etc. Transcribe them and read aloud.
- •Write down 3-5 questions about the texts.
- •Say a few words about services provided by commercial banks.
- •B) Bank Accounts
- •Supply the prepositions where necessary,
- •B) The Nature of Banking
- •Mergers and Acquisitions to Reduce Europe's Overbanking
- •Discussion
- •Explain the difference between loans and overdrafts.
- •Discuss the services provided by banks. A) Bank Loans and Overdrafts
- •B) In a country with a developed banking system there are different kinds of banks with widely varying activities. They are:
- •Ex.9. Read the dialogue, sum up its content and act it out: Commercial Banks in Russia
- •In order to get prepared for participation in the class discussiоn оf the questions, write а short essay оn:
- •Reading pra ctice
- •The Discount Market
B) Bank Accounts
When money in placed in ... bank it is said to be "deposited". The money may be put into ... account from which it can be drawn at any time, or into ... account which can only be drawn upon after certain notice has been given. In British banking, these types of accounts are known as current accounts and deposit accounts respectively. In ... USA, the corresponding terms are "demand deposits" and "time/or notice deposits".
A person uses a current account to provide ... safe way of keeping his money, and having it easily available when he wishes to spend it.
Payments are made from current accounts, and money is withdrawn from them by means of cheques (... very small interest is paid on these accounts).
A deposit account is used for saving money, and ... period of notice must be given before money can be withdrawn from a deposit account, especially when ... amount to be withdrawn is fairly big. A higher rate of interest is paid by the bank on money on deposit accounts compared with current ones. A cheque book is provided for the customer when he opens this account. The terms "cash deposits" and "savings deposits" are sometimes used to denote the deposits continually turned over in ... settlements of debts and those not held for current business, but as investments or savings.
Words you may need:
Англійський варіант Російський варіант Український варіант
place размещать, помещать розміщувати,
розташовувати
respectively соответственно відповідно
demand deposit бессрочный вклад безстроковий вклад
available доступный доступний
time deposit (амер.) срочный вклад терміновий вклад
denote обозначать позначати
turn over оборачиваться обертатися
Ex.5.
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Supply the prepositions where necessary,
b) Write down 3-5 questions about the texts.
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The first bankers in Britain were Lombards, ... Lombardy in northern Italy. Merchants and traders from this part of Italy came to do business in the City of London. But ... a century of business in London the Lombards had to leave: they loaned money ... kings who did not repay the loans, and eventually made the bankers bankrupt.
Banking came to be conducted ... the goldsmiths as a sideline to their normal activities. Soon merchants, landowners, and other well-to-do people also started practising banking.
Banking developed, but Lombard Street, a narrow street in the City of London where Italian bankers settled ... in the fifteenth century, is still the centre ... British banking. Many of Britain's best-known banks have their head offices ... Lombard Street. The English banking system is a tripartite system. The three parts are:
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The Bank of England, a "State Bank";
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The commercial, or joint-stock banks, which deal... the general public;
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Specialized banking institutions, such as the discount houses and merchant banks.
The place of the commercial banks in the British economy is a very important one. They stand ... the very centre of business activity and can promote prosperity or deflate the economy into unemployment.
Commercial banks are most visible ... the general public. Their main business is taking ... deposits and making loans to individuals and industry. This business is conducted ... a network of branches.
They are commercial in two senses: they make loans to commerce (to finance trade) and they are themselves commercial profit-oriented businesses.
Words you may need:
Англійський варіант Російський варіант Український варіант
lombards ломбарды ломбарди
merchant купец купець
goldsmith золотых дел мастер золотих справ
майстер
sideline побочный, побічний,
дополнительный бизнес додатковий бізнес
tripartite состоящий из трех частей що складається з
трьох частин
discount house учётный дом обліковий будинок
merchant bank торговый банк торговий банк
to promote prosperity способствовать сприяти процвітанню
процветанию
to deflate the economy сократить денежную скоротити грошову
массу в обращении масу в обороті