- •Unit I the bank of england
- •From a National to a Central bank
- •1. Key terms
- •Answer the following questions in your own words:
- •Fill in the blanks in this passage, using words from the list given below:
- •Case Study.
- •Функції Банку Англії
- •V. Opposites and synonyms.
- •VI. Join the halves.
- •VII. Summarize the following passage in about 100 words and an appropriate
- •VIII. Write a memorandum.
- •The court of directors
- •The executive
- •IX. Meanings.
- •X. Make comments on the following charts, paying attention to the information given below
- •XI. Complete the following sentences using your own words:
- •XII. Study the text given below and explain in English the meaning of the following words and word combinations: a Stable Financial System
- •Issue Department
- •The Value of Money
- •Interest Rates
- •I. Key terms
- •II. Answer the following questions in your own words:
- •III. Fill in the blanks in this passage, using words from the list given below:
- •IV. Summarize the following text in English in about 50 words:
- •V. Join the halves.
- •VI. Meanings.
- •VII. Complete the sentences using your own words:
- •Unit II
- •The uk money and banking markets
- •The uk banking market
- •The British banking market structure
- •Key terms
- •Answer the following questions in your own words:
- •Memorize the following terms and use them in your own sentences:
- •Find in the text the following words and word combinations and translate the sentences in which they are used.
- •V. Synonyms and antonyms. Complete the following table:
- •VI. Fill in the blanks with prepositions and translate the text:
- •VIII. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •IX. Complete the text using these words: Types of Bank
- •X. Summarize the following text in English in about 100 words: комерційні банки: IX види та операції
- •XI. Study and translate the following scheme into English:
- •XII. How much do you know about banks? Decide if these statements are true or false.
- •The financial systeм Nature
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Fill in the blanks. Rewrite the passage filling in the blanks from the list of words below.
- •IV. Match the Ukrainian and English equivalents:
- •V. Read the passage below. Explain the meanings of the words and phrases which have been highlighted:
- •VI. Render the following text into English: Трансформаційні функції комерційних банків
- •VII. Choose the correct alternative to complete each sentence:
- •VIII. Complete the following sentences using words and word-combinations given below:
- •IX. Translate the following words and word-combinations into English and insert them in the sentences given below.
- •X. The following famous quotations are about credit and borrowing and lending. Can you complete them:
- •In business, one way to obtain ……… is to create the impression one already has it.
- •XI. Translate the following text into English without using a dictionary:
- •XII. Discussion topics:
- •XIII. As we have already seen, a bill of exchange might not be honoured, or the order might be cancelled. So, a letter of credit is a more binding method of payment. Documentary Credits
- •Unit III
- •Commercial banks
- •Retail and wholesale activities of financial institutions
- •I. Key terms
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Find in the text the following word combinations and translate the sentences in which they are used:
- •IV. Find English equivalents to the word combinations given below:
- •V. Complete the table:
- •VI. Fill in the blanks from the list of words below the text:
- •VII. Answer the following comprehension questions based on the text:
- •VIII. Sum up what the following text said about:
- •IX. Complete the sentences using your own words:
- •X. Complete the text using these words:
- •XI. Read the text and the dialogue following it. Find answers to the questions given below. Reproduce the dialogue with your partner. The structure of a Bank
- •The Dialogue
- •XII. Using the information in the text, say what is true and what is false. Correct the false sentences.
- •XIII. Fill in the blanks with proper words or phrases:
- •XV. Read and translate the text. Describe the bank’s management hierarchy. Study the chart following the text. Service operations of a small bank
- •Organization Chart for a Small Community Bank
- •XVI. Match the words above with the definitions which follow:
- •XVII. Fill the spaces with words from the box. Translate the text into Ukrainian:
- •XVIII. Render the following text into English:
- •I. Key terms:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Study the following text and translate the table into Ukrainian: The balance sheets of the retail banks
- •V. Translate the text in writing: Savings banks and the National Giro
- •VI. Reproduce the main idea of the text: The Bankers’ Clearing House
- •VII. Find in the text the following words and word combinations and translate the sentences in which they are used:
- •VIII. Find in the text the terms which match the following explanations:
- •IX. Scan the text. Translate it into Ukrainian. Don’t use the dictionary:
- •X. Join the halves.
- •XI. Translate the text in writing: The Bankers' Clearing House
- •XII. Read and translate the following text: Easy money
- •XIII. Match these terms with their definitions:
- •XIV. Replace the underlined items with words or phrases from the text that have a similar meaning.
- •XV. Choose, the best explanation for each of these words or phrases from the text:
- •XVI. Find a word or phrase in the text that has a similar meaning.
- •XVII. Match the first half of each sentence with the most appropriate second half. Notice the words are used in each sentence to mark a contrasting idea. (These words are in italics.)
- •If possible, find the annual results of a bank in your country and report on its profitability.
- •XVIII. Prepare a brief summary of the text: Savings Banks and the National Giro
- •The changing environment and activities of the uk retail banks
- •XIX. Complete the text using these words:
- •XX. Make an overview of the following texts: current accounts
- •Interest-earning cheque accounting
- •Deposit accounts
- •Budget accounts
- •Loan accounts
- •Personal loan accounts
- •XXI. Add the words and expressions that complete the following sentences below:
- •XXII. Read and discuss the following text. Give answers to the questions below:
- •XXIII. Choose the right answer:
- •XXIV. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the sentences:
- •XXV. For each of the following phrases find the expression in the text or in the dialogue that explains it:
- •XXVI. After reading the text explain in detail explain in detail how to open a current account. Current accounts
- •XXVII. Read and translate the text. Describe to a partner how to open a deposit account. Deposit accounts
- •XXVIII. Match questions and answers:
- •XXIX. Act as an interpreter for a and b:
- •Paying-in slip
- •XXX. Translate into Ukrainian.
- •XXXI. Read the dialogue.Answer the questions which follow it. Reproduce the dialogue in pairs.
- •Choosing a bank account
- •XXXII. Read the text and write a précis in English in about 200 words:
- •Questions:
- •Unit IV Text a Wholesale banks
- •British merchant banks
- •Other British banks
- •Overseas banks
- •I. Key terms
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Find in the text the following words and word combinations and translate the sentences in which they are used:
- •IV. Fill in the blanks:
- •V. Rearrange the following sentences to make up a coherent and logical text about other British banks. The first sentence is given to help you: Other British banks (iso)
- •VI. Prepare a brief summary of the text:
- •VII. Translate the text in writing: The bill of exchange
- •The merchant banks
- •VIII. Read and retell the following text. Foreign banks
- •IX. After reading the following dialogue translate the passages concerning recent changes and the range of services provided by the bank:
- •X. Study the divisions of the bank and their areas of responsibilities:
- •XI. Look at the terms in the left-hand column. Match each one with its correct definition in the right-hand column:
- •XII. Scan the following text in about 100 words. Give the proper title to the text:
- •XIII. Read the following information:
- •If you represent Company c, look at the following instructions.
- •XIV. Choose words to complete each sentence. In some cases there is more than one possibility.
- •XV. Read the dialogue. Answer the questions which follow it: Part I. Application for credit
- •Part II. Granting the Loan on an Open Note
- •XVI. After reading the text answer the questions which follow it:
- •XVII. Choose the right answer:
- •XVIII. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false sentences:
- •XIX. Translate the following text into English:
- •XX. Role-play
- •Text b The discount houses
- •I. Key terms:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Find in the text the following words and word combinations and translate the sentences in which they are used:
- •IV. For each of the following words you should provide a word with the same or similar meaning and a word, which is opposite in meaning:
- •V. Join the halves.
- •VI. Read about the history of Alexanders. Ask comprehension questions on the text. Alexanders Discount p.L.C.
- •VII. After having read the text below you should be able to answer the questions following the text: Building societies
- •VIII. Analyse the following charter:
- •IX. Make an overview of the following text in English: Other deposit-taking intermediaries
- •Investing financial intermediaries
- •Insurance companies
- •Investment trusts
- •X. Find the terms which match the following definitions:
- •Unit V federal reserve banks
- •Organization of the Banks
- •Monetary Policy Role
- •Supervision and Regulation
- •Government Services
- •Depository Institution Services
- •Key terms
- •Answer the following questions in your own words:
- •III. Fill in the blanks in this passage, using words from the list given below:
- •IV. Case Study:
- •Monetary Policy and the Economy
- •The ultimate targets of monetary policy
- •V. Read the text and prepare your comments on the supply of Federal Reserves, using the given below picture. Supply of Reserves
- •Trading of Reserves
- •VI. Opposites and Synonyms.
- •VII. Join the halves.
- •VIII. Summarize the following passage in about 100 words and give an appropriate title
- •IX. Write a memorandum.
- •X. Read the passage below and explain the meanings of the words and phrases which have been highlighted.
- •XI. Analyze the following text. Make up a plan of it; give the translation of the underlined words and word combinations. Open Market Operations
- •XII. Interpretation of data.
- •XIII. Find in the text given below answers to the following questions:
- •XIV. Give a brief report on the given material Techniques of Open Market Operations
- •Repurchase Agreements
- •Federal Reserve System outright transactions Billions of dollars
- •Matched Sale-Purchase Transactions
- •Federal Reserve System temporary transactions
- •XV. Case study.
- •A typical day in the conduct of open market operations
- •The discount window
- •Interest rates
- •XVI. Analyze the texts. Complete a list of advantages and disadvantages for the borrower of each of the types of credit. Types of Credit
- •Adjustment Credit
- •Adjustment borrowing and the spread of the federal funds rate over the discount rate Seasonal Credit
- •Extended Credit
- •Emergency Credit
- •Unit VI
- •I. Key terms:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Find in the text the following word combinations:
- •IV. Explain the following word combinations and use them in your own sentences:
- •V. Fill in the blanks. Rewrite the passage filling in the blanks from the list of words below.
- •Financial institutions: their role in business
- •Commercial Banks
- •Table 1. Top 15 Commercial Banks in the United States (Based on Total Assets)
- •VI. Summarize the following passage in about 100 words: Young Americans Bank
- •VII. Choose the right answer:
- •VIII. Do it in English making use of the active vocabulary: Порівняння банківської структури сша та інших країни
- •X. Express the main idea of each of the paragraphs in the following text in English:
- •XI. Act as an interpreter for a and b:
- •Other Banking Institutions Thrifts and Credit Unions
- •Limited-Service Banks
- •I. Key terms:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Find in the text the corresponding English terms:
- •IV. Summarize the functions of savings banking institutions in about 150 words.
- •V. Find in the text the words which correspond to the following explanations:
- •VI. Explain the meaning of the following word combinations and use them in your own sentences:
- •VII. Complete the table:
- •VIII. Do it in English making use of the active vocabulary: Кредитні спілки
- •IX. Make an overview of non-banking institutions. Use comprehension questions given below: Nonbanking Financial Institutions
- •X. Complete the sentences:
- •XI. Match the words and the word combinations given on the left with their dictionary definitions given on the right:
- •XII. Explain the following word combinations and use them in your own sentences:
- •XIII. Role play:
- •XIV. The following are some of the more obvious and important differences in terminology between British and American English in the area of finance.
- •XV. Speak on the following topics:
- •Unit VII the banking system of ukraine
- •Structure of the banking system of ukraine
- •I. Key terms:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Study the following information: Selected data on banks of Ukraine
- •IV. Find in the text the following words and word combinations and translate the sentences in which they are used:
- •V. Find English equivalents to the words and word combinations given below:
- •VI. Translate the following text into English: Організація внутрішнього аудиту в комерційних банках України та взаємозв'язок з зовнішніми аудиторами
- •VII. Translate the text in writing: Banking system
- •VIII. Read and discuss the following texts: Monetary policy: The nbu further reduces the discount and reserve requirement rates
- •Financial markets: Although the amount of bad credits has decreased, it is still quite high
- •Bank activity bases concerning automation of electronic payments
- •I. Key terms:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Find in the text the following words and word combinations and translate the sentences in which they are used:
- •IV. Study and present the information given in the text: opening a bank account
- •V. Read and retell the following text: Rise and development of the banking system of Ukraine
- •VI. Write a resume of the text given below: Banks and the Association of Ukrainian Banks
- •Unit VIII the national bank of ukraine
- •Issuing centre
- •The National Bank of Ukraine determines the foreign exchange policy.
- •I. Key terms
- •II. Answer the following questions in your own words:
- •III. Fill in the blanks in this passage, using words from the list given below:
- •IV. Case Study.
- •V. Opposites and synonyms.
- •VI. Join the halves.
- •VII. Summarize the following text in about 100 words and give an appropriate title.
- •Herald of the National Bank of Ukraine, May 2000
- •VIII. Read the memorandum (memo) written by the Kyiv National University teacher, who is responsible for the students practicing at one of the nbu departments (International Banking Department).
- •1) Memo 1
- •2) Memo 2
- •IX. Read the passage below and explain the meanings of the words and phrases, which have been underlined. Cash Circulation and Settlements Sphere
- •X. Make a chart using the following data, given by the nbu (20xx).
- •XI. Write a memo to your supervising teacher, in which you should comment on the envisioned monetary parameters, shown in the table.
- •XII. Complete the sentences using your own words:.
- •XIII. Match the words and word combinations given on the left with their dictionary definitions given on the right.
- •XIV. Point all possible advantages and disadvantages (if may be) of the bills of exchange (b/e) given bellow. Bills of Exchange
- •2) Study the letter:
- •XVI. A) Study the text given below and make your comments on it: Role of the Central Bank in Interbank Settlement
- •XVII. Study the Bank’s following tables, add the data on the Bank of England, and the nbu and state what is different and what is not in their performance.
- •Unit IX bank supervision
- •Organization of Effective Bank Supervision
- •Introduction to the Legal Framework
- •I. Key terms
- •II. Answer the following questions in your own words:
- •III. Fill in the blanks:
- •IV. Translate into English
- •V. Study the following text and make up a plan, covering all crucial points
- •IV. Opposites and Synonyms.
- •VII. Join the halves.
- •VIII. Summarize the following passage in about 100 words and give an appropriate title.
- •Introduction to the Camel Rating System
- •IX. Write a memorandum.
- •X. Read the passage below and explain the meanings of the words which have been highlighted.
- •Study the following notes and prepare an oral presentation
- •Component ratings
- •Analysis of Capital
- •Risk Assets
- •Analysis of asset quality
- •XII. When you have considered these problems, express your thoughts in writing.
- •XIII. Asking about credit rating.
- •Using an Enquiry Agency
- •Replying to enquiries about credit rating
- •Refusing to reply
- •Replying favorably
- •Letter to a referee
- •Questions
- •Enquiry Agent's reply
XVII. Fill the spaces with words from the box. Translate the text into Ukrainian:
If a bank is owned and controlled by a holding company, its shareholders elect a ... (1) to oversee bank and nonbank firms allied with the same holding company. Selected members of this board of directors ... (2) on the bank's board as well. The key problem in such an ... (3) is span of control, with ... (4) often knowledgeable about banking practices, but less informed about the products and ... (5) offered by other subsidiary companies. Moreover, because the bank itself ... (6) so many different services in both domestic and foreign ... (7), serious problems may not surface for weeks or months.
organization, board of directors, departments, services, responsibilities, markets, offers, serve, top management |
XVIII. Render the following text into English:
Комерційні банки є основною ланкою кредитної системи держави. В зв’язку з тим, що їх діяльність залежить від суспільної довіри та значно впливає на економічне життя країни, їх організаційна структура і управління ними повинні бути на самому високому рівні.
Акціонери банку вибирають Раду Директорів, які мають великі повноваження для виконання своїх зобов’язань. Від них очікується прийняття таких стратегічних рішень і така якість керування діяльністю банку, які забезпечать безпеку фондів та рентабельність операцій. Однак Рада Директорів не керує безпосередньо повсякденними операціями банку. Директори вибирають голову Ради Директорів (голова правління), який постійно інформує Раду Директорів про становище банку та про практичну реалізацію прийнятої ним політики.
Президент є адміністративним головою банку і відповідає за управління оперативною діяльністю банку. Голова правління, президент, а також віце-голова складають вище керівництво банку. Вони ведуть справи банку, наймають службовців та контролюють їх роботу. До числа інших високих посадовців у банку відносять віце-президентів, що очолюють лінійні управління, робітників траст-відділу, скарбника і інших службовців, що відповідають за здійснення банківських операцій.
У банківських відділах вищою посадовою особою є управляючий, який підпорядковується керівнику відповідного управління у головній конторі.
Кількість банківських управлінь та відділів залежить від величини та характеру діяльності банку. Але відсутність того чи іншого відділу зовсім не означає, що ці операції банком не виконуються. Спеціальні відділи організують тільки в тих банках, де об’єм операцій настільки великий, що для виконання їх потребують декілька працівників.
В організаційній структурі банків реалізуються як оперативні так і штабні функції. До перших відносять функції, що безпосередньо пов’язані з виконанням поставлених перед банком завдань, - це такі види діяльності як кредитування, інвестування, довірчі операції, прийом внесків та їх обслуговування та ін. Функції штабного персоналу – це надання консультацій, а також бухгалтерський облік, аналіз господарської діяльності, прийом на роботу (надання робочих місць) та підвищення кваліфікації службовців, маркетинг, контроль, методична робота, планування будівництва та ремонт. У невеликих банках ці функції не розділяють і деякі керівники та рядові службовці займаються і тим, і іншим. Чим більший банк, тим чіткіше розмежовуються оперативні та штабні функції.
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Included in this group are (a) London clearing banks (National Westminster Bank, Lloyds Bank, Barclays Bank, Midland Bank, Coutts & Co.), (b) Scottish clearing banks (Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank. Royal Bank of Scotland), (c) Northern Ireland banks (Allied Irish Banks, Bank of Ireland, Northern Bank, Ulster Bank), (d) Trustee Savings Banks (TSB Bank, TSB Northern Ireland, TSB Bank Scotland), (e) Girobank, (f) other retail banks (Co-operative Bank, Abbey National, Abbey National Treasury Services, Yorkshire Bank), and (g) the Bank of England Banking Department. All of the above are involved in retail deposit-taking business and have access to their local clearing system. In order to conduct retail deposit-taking business, they maintain extensive branch networks. In 1999 the branch networks of the clearing banks alone totaled approximately 12,800.
As their names imply, Scottish clearing banks and Northern Ireland banks are regional clearing banks. On the other hand, the London clearing banks, particularly the so-called "big four" (Barclays, Lloyds, Midland, and National Westminster) have dominated in retail banking business throughout the UK either directly or through their regional subsidiary clearing banks. One of the basic functions of the clearing banks is the provision of the payment mechanism, namely the cheque clearing system and the electronic funds transfer system. Their two other fundamental functions are deposit taking and lending. They take retail deposits as well as wholesale deposits. Retail deposit facilities are offered to individuals and organizations primarily through branch networks. They include current accounts (equivalent to demand deposits), interest-bearing sight deposits (similar to checkable savings deposits), and regular savings deposits. Wholesale deposits are large interest-bearing deposits (usually at least £50,000) on which the interest rate is closely linked to money market instruments. They include time deposits and negotiable certificates of deposit. On the lending side, clearing banks provide credit to both personal customers and companies. Lending facilities offered to personal customers include overdrafts, personal loans, mortgage loans, credit card finance, and professional business loans, while those offered to corporate customers include overdrafts, term loans, syndicated loans, leasing, and factoring.
Trustee Savings Banks (TSBs) started out as unincorporated thrift institutions (similar to mutual savings banks in the United States) in the early nineteenth century to provide savings facilities for small savers. In the name of protecting small depositors, they were heavily regulated and their business was confined to taking savings-type deposits and investing received deposit money in public sector debt.
By the end of 1978, there were eighteen TSBs with over 1,600 branches. Each had its own clearly defined business region. Now the number has decreased to three, one covering Northern Ireland, another Scotland, and the third England and Wales. Meanwhile, their asset-based activities have been expanded to a full range of personal credit facilities including personal loans, overdrafts, credit cards, mortgage loans, and small business loans. Although they still aim their business predominantly at personal customers, they are today full-fledged retail banks.
Girobank was established in 1968, after years of debate in response to the recommendation of the Radcliff Report (1959), to provide an inexpensive, convenient, speedy money remittance service and cashing facilities for consumers through over 20,000 post offices. As additional services were added subsequently, such as a payments service for government units to the personal sector and there from, personal loans, and a remittance service for business, the bank has slowly transformed into a full-fledged retail bank. Meanwhile, it became a fully operational member of the London Clearing House in 1983.
Other retail banks include the Co-operative Bank, Yorkshire Bank and the recently converted Abbey National. The Co-operative Bank serves customers through a national network of branches and outlets of the co-operative societies. It receives deposits from individuals, various cooperative societies, trade unions, and local authorities. It provides loans to individuals and co-operative societies as well as to non-co-operative societies. The Yorkshire Bank operates as a retail bank in the North of England and the Midlands. Abbey National was a building society and became a bank in 1989. Its total assets then were £32 billion, compared with £190 billion for all building societies and £340 billion for banks' total sterling assets. Even without making their conversion into the status of banks, building societies have already been in direct competition with banks in savings deposit business. The conversion of such a large society is expected to create greater competitive environments in the banking and money markets.
The retail banks as a group had total assets of £426.1 billion as of December 2000, 33.1 percent of the total assets of the British banking industry. The major sources of funds for the retail banks were deposits taken from the nonbank UK private sector such as households and firms, comprising about 51 percent of total sources of funds. On the assets side, the retail banks as a group contributed about 55 percent of the total assets for advances to the UK private sector.
In lending, the retail banks have been guided by the real bills doctrine, which argues that, in trust of public money, clearing banks should lend only short-term loans based on real bills. These loans have the characteristics of being short term, productive, and self-liquidating in nature. That is money is loaned to borrowers to enable them to purchase inventories; then, inventories are sold on credit terms (thus creating accounts receivable); when payment is made, accounts receivable are retired into cash which is now ready for use for the loan repayment.
By and large following this doctrine, clearing banks, when faced with nontraditional business opportunities such as term loan lending or loan syndications in the 1960s and 1970s, opted to conduct such business through their subsidiaries. In this way, the clearing banks would be insulated from new unfamiliar risks. However, when a number of secondary banks, many of which were subsidiaries of clearing banks, got into financial difficulties in the early 1970s, it proved to be unwise to insulate in such a way. As a consequence, clearing banks started entering nontraditional markets more directly.