Sweep accounts have been in existence since the 1970' s but have grown dramatically since 1995. Sweep accounts provide a way for banks to pay interest on the funds in checking accounts even though paying interest on checking accounts is prohibited. In the 1970's, banks used sweep accounts primarily to bypass regulations prohibiting payments of interest on demand deposit accounts. However, today banks are using sweep accounts to lower their reserve requirements. The dramatic increase in the amount of funds being swept has lead to a significant reduction in required reserve balances. Required reserve balances are one of the tools used by the _Federal Reserve to conduct monetary policy. This reduction in required reserve balances has made it more difficult for the Federal Reserve to forecast the demand for funds which could lead to difficulties in the implementation of monetary policy. In this study, I show that the rapid increase in the number of sweep accounts and the amount of the funds being swept, corresponds with a steady decrease in required reserves being held by banks However, the anticipated increase in federal funds rate volatility does not occur. I show that after correcting for the unusual events of 2001, Federal funds rate volatility has actually decreased. I attribute this result to banks' increased use of clearing balances, a return to a lagged accounting system, and effective Federal Reserve open market operations.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Heidelberg.

Yes / We discuss the modelling of corporate bank accounts using a proprietary dataset. We thus offer a principled treatment of a genuine industrial problem. The corporate bank accounts in our study constitute spare, irregularly-spaced time series that may take both positive and negative values. We thus builds on previous models where the underlying is real-valued. We describe an intra-monthly effect identified by practitioners whereby account uncertainty is typically lowest at the beginning and end of each month and highest in the middle. However, our theory also allows for the opposite effect to occur. In-sample applications demonstrate the statistical significance of the hypothesised monthly effect. Out-of-sample forecasting applications offer a 9% improvement compared to a standard SARIMA approach.

This thesis focuses on financial planning and it's phases. It contains overview and characteristics of general financial products, which are suitable for families such as bank accounts, insurance, investment instruments and loans. Last section of this thesis contains an example, which shows application of some financial products.

Le droit de l’exécution forcée offre aux créanciers des voies de droit pour contraindre les débiteurs défaillants à exécuter leurs obligations à leur égard. Ce rapport d’obligation est cependant moins un lien entre deux personnes qu’un rapport entre deux patrimoines. C’est ce qui explique que les obligations s’exécutent sur les biens des débiteurs. La matière devrait donc être hermétique à la situation familiale du débiteur et ne s’intéresser qu’au patrimoine personnel de celui-ci. Cependant, malgré l’absence de personnalité juridique de la famille, il est communément question du « patrimoine familial ». Entendu au sens large, le « patrimoine familial » intéresse alors nécessairement les tiers créanciers. Certains biens en effet, font l’objet d’une protection particulière, destinée, plus largement, à protéger la famille. A la protection d’origine légale, s’ajoute éventuellement une protection conventionnelle. Le législateur offre ainsi un espace de liberté à la volonté privée, même si l’exercice de celle-ci doit aboutir à réduire le gage du créancier. L’ensemble de ces dispositions protectrices entre donc nécessairement en conflit avec le droit à l’exécution des créanciers et conduit à s’interroger sur la légitimité de l’atteinte qui en résulte. Il apparait que dans certains cas l’équilibre entre la garantie de l’effectivité du droit à l’exécution forcée du créancier et la protection légitime du patrimoine de la famille est respecté, alors que dans d’autres, il est largement menacé, voire bouleversé. Et c’est alors toute l’économie du droit de l’exécution forcée qui est remise en question / The right to enforced performance offers creditors legal remedies for forcing defaulting debtors to perform their obligations. However, this relationship of obligation is less a tie between two people as it is a tie between two sets of assets. This explains why obligations are performed in respect of the property of the debtor. Performance should thus be entirely extraneous to the debtor's family situation and concern only the debtor's personal assets. Yet despite the fact that families do not have legal personality, "community property" (patrimoine familial) commonly comes into play. In the broad sense of the term, "community property" is thus necessarily of interest to third-party creditors. Certain property is afforded special protection generally intended to protect the family. In addition to legal protection, contractual protection may also apply. The legislation in this area thus allows for a certain degree of flexibility with respect to private will, even if it ultimately reduces a creditor's claim. This protection thus necessarily conflicts with the creditor's right to performance and raises the question of the legitimacy of the interference it causes. In some cases, the balance is maintained between guaranteeing creditors' ability to exercise their right to enforced performance and ensuring legitimate protection of family assets. In other cases, however, this balance is threatened or even upset, calling the entire tenor and intent of the right to enforced performance into question

Dissertation purposes Analysis of electronic banking concerning the pricing policy of Czech banks. The banks with long-term history are compared with "new" banks that are still not so stabilized on the market. The dissertation is focused especialy on the monthly fee that the client has to pay when using the services of these banks. Methods Presentive analysis is used in all of this dissertation which interprets data obtained by an interview and bank's databases. Comparative method is used in the analytical section to clearly interpret processed data. Results The comprehensive analysis of six Czech banks and it's pricing policy of electronic banking is the outcome of the dissertation. The conclusion and data interpretation can be used for the clients when choosing a new bank. The analysis is based on the monthly fee that the clients have to pay in every selected bank with respect to their requests.

Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Mzansi rekening, as Eerste Orde Nasionale rekening, is gesamentlik deur die “Groot 4” banke geloods, spesifiek met die oog daarop om toegang tot groter finansiële dienste te bewerkstellig in lyn met die Finansiële Dienste Handves. Hierdie navorsingsverslag ondersoek die sukses van die Mzansi rekening in terme van die verbetering van toegang tot finansiële dienste en die verwesinliking van Prahalad se visie van die Fortuin aan die onderkant van die piramide of die sogenaamde Base of the Pyramid (BoP). Die studie is gedoen deur onderhoude te voer met industrie-kenners wat nou betrokke was met die loods van die Mzansi rekening, asook deur ’n oorsig te doen van ’n verslag van die onlangse kommisie van ondersoek oor kompetisie in die bankwese in Suid Afrika. Die Mzansi rekening is inderdaad suksesvol daarin om toegang tot finansiële dienste vir alle Suid Afrikaners beskikbaar te maak, maar dit is steeds nie winsgewend vir die banke nie. Die Mzansi rekening is dus nie in lyn met Prahalad se visie van die BoP nie. Die winsgewendheid van die rekening in die toekoms hang af van die graad van aanvaarding van armes van meer doeltreffende elektroniese transaksies. Tot op datum wil dit voorkom asof Prahalad se gevoel dat die armes gevorderde tegnologie maklik aanvaar nie in die bank sektor in Suid Afrika geld nie. ’n Toenemende fokus op gebruik eerder as toegang en ’n beter belyning met Prahalad se twaalf beginsels van innovasie by die BoP mag egter wel beter wins vir die banke inhou. Selfs al sou winste nie materialiseer nie, is dit steeds voordelig vir banke wat bereid is om te eksperimenteer en te leer van die Mzansi ervaring. Die Mzansi rekening mag dalk die katalis wees vir nuwe en verbeterde produkte wat suksesvol sal wees in die BOP mark. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Mzansi account, as a First Order National Bank Account, was jointly launched by the Big 4 Banks (ABSA, FNB, Nedbank and Standard Bank) specifically to increase access to financial services in line with the requirements of the Financial Sector Charter (FSC). This study explores the success of the Mzansi account with regard to improving access to financial services and achieving Prahalad’s vision of a Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP). The study was conducted by interviewing industry experts who were intimately involved in the launch of the Mzansi account and reviewing the transcripts of the recent commission of enquiry into the competition of banking in South Africa. The Mzansi account has been successful in increasing financial access for all South Africans but has not proved to be profitable for the banks. The Mzansi bank account therefore does not support Prahalad’s vision that there is a fortune at the base of the pyramid. The future profitability of the account is dependent on the acceptance of the poor of more efficient electronic transacting. To date it would seem that Prahalad’s notion that the poor accept advanced technology readily does not apply within the banking sector of South Africa. An increased focus on usage as apposed to access and a better alignment to Prahalad’s twelve principles of innovation at the BoP may well bring increased profits for the banks. Even if profits don’t materialise, for those banks willing to experiment and learn from the Mzansi experience. The Mzansi account may well be a catalyst for new and/or improved products that will be successful in the BoP market.

The opening of a bank account serves as the genesis of a bank customer relationship. It is imperative that the establishment of a bank customer relationship be regulated by law. Both the common law and statutory law regulate the admission of new clients to the realm of banking. It is a minimum requirement, in terms of both statutory and common law, that the identity of a prospective client who wishes to open a bank account must both be established and verified. This, the need to know one’s customer, is not only good law but common sense and an effective measure to prevent criminals from accessing the banking system. Parties who work together must know each other. The need to establish and verify the identity of a potential customer is commonly referred to as the Know Your Customer standards, alternatively the Customer Due Diligence framework. The Know Your Customer standards are neither unique to South Africa nor have their origins in South Africa. The Know Your Customer standards are international standards which the Financial Action Task Force and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision have been advocating for quite some time. A confluence of the Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision greatly influenced the birth of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act in South Africa. The Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001 prescribes the steps that a bank has to take in order to establish and verify the identity of a potential client. It will be shown in this dissertation that the identification and verification regime established by the Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 0f 2001 and the common law are not fool proof. This dissertation makes recommendations on how the current loopholes that exist in the law can be addressed. / Mercantile Law / LLM

The opening of a bank account serves as the genesis of a bank customer relationship. It is imperative that the establishment of a bank customer relationship be regulated by law. Both the common law and statutory law regulate the admission of new clients to the realm of banking. It is a minimum requirement, in terms of both statutory and common law, that the identity of a prospective client who wishes to open a bank account must both be established and verified. This, the need to know one’s customer, is not only good law but common sense and an effective measure to prevent criminals from accessing the banking system. Parties who work together must know each other. The need to establish and verify the identity of a potential customer is commonly referred to as the Know Your Customer standards, alternatively the Customer Due Diligence framework. The Know Your Customer standards are neither unique to South Africa nor have their origins in South Africa. The Know Your Customer standards are international standards which the Financial Action Task Force and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision have been advocating for quite some time. A confluence of the Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision greatly influenced the birth of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act in South Africa. The Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001 prescribes the steps that a bank has to take in order to establish and verify the identity of a potential client. It will be shown in this dissertation that the identification and verification regime established by the Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 0f 2001 and the common law are not fool proof. This dissertation makes recommendations on how the current loopholes that exist in the law can be addressed. / Mercantile Law / LLM