The banking system in Nigeria has undergone radical changes during the 35 years since independence. Banking developed from an industry which in 1960. was dominated by a small number of foreign owned banks into, one in which public sector ownership predominated in 1970s and 1980s and in which Nigeria private investors have played an increasingly important role since the mid 1989’s government polices had a major influence on developments in the banking industry. Extensive government interventio... read more

The study is focused in examining financial constraint and investment decision of firms in Nigeria. The study seeks to reveal various financial constraints that are having effect on firms’ investment decision. The data have been taken from the balance sheet of nine (9) manufacturing firms listed in the Nigerian Stock Exchange for the time period 2008 to 2012. Multiple regression analysis has been done to examine the relationship among firm’s size, dividend payout ratio, firm’s age, capital... read more

This research work aims at investigating the problems encountered by small and medium scale enterprises in obtaining bank loans with particular reference to Union Bank Nig. Plc, Ogui Road, Enugu.It is a common knowledge that Banks often favour the large –scale industries in credit extension scheme. This is because of their higher equity base, availability of collaterals and lower risk. Further still, they have a more organized management team and employ professionals with greater skills. In ... read more

Chapter One 1.1 Background of Study 1.2 Statement of the Problem 1.3 Objectives of the Study 1.4 Hypothesis Statement 1.5 Significance of the Study 1.6 Scope of Study 1.7 Limitation of Study 1.8 Definition of Key Terms Chapter Two Literature Review

As a result of persistent poor performance in most organizations, the study investigated the effect of internal control systems on the performance of banks in Nigeria. Internal controls were looked at from the perspective of control environment, internal audit and control activities whereas bank performance focused on liquidity, accountability and reporting as the measures for improvement. The study also went further to establish that effective and efficient internal control system is the best c... read more

Nigeria’s debt profile has been on the increase over the years, and the country may soon reach a debt threshold that would affect economic growth negatively. This may lead the economy to a debt trap. The study empirically examines the impact of external debt on economic growth in Nigeria. Descriptive and econometric analytical tools were used in data analyses. Data on Real Gross Domestic Product (RGDP), External Debt Stock, External Debt Service Payment, and Exchange Rate were collected from ... read more

The importance of a vibrant, transparent and healthy banking system in the mobilization and intermediation of fund, for the growth and development of the economy need not to be over-emphasized. Worthy is of the fact that the level of functioning of the financial sector depends on the perception and patronage of the citizens towards its services (Al-Faki, 2006). The situation where the public losses confidence in the financial institutions, can result in panic and consequential financial and econ... read more

According to (Fabunmi, 2010), the modern society or the entire world has grown to a level that the use of computers in the chain of production is inevitable. The genesis of automation in the banking industry in Nigeria can be linked to the on-going struggle by individual banks for survival and growth. Automation means the use of automatic equipment in place of manual labour; Automation is also the use of machine for four D’s task where the four D’s stands for Dangerous, Difficult, Dirty, and... read more

This research project work concerns itself with the prudential guidelines and the effect on the profitability of Deposit Money Bank. The major objective is to examine the effect of prudential guideline on the profitability of Deposit Money Bank. The researcher reviewed literature adequately and accordingly. The Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze the primary data collected. It was found that prudential guideline has been of benefit to Bank in the area of reducing non-performing loan... read more

This study was designed to empirically investigate the effect of corporate governance on the financial performance of pension fund administrators in Nigeria within the period of 2004 – 2014. The study employed the use of secondary data sourced from the websites and audited financial statements of pension fund administrators in Nigeria. For the purpose of the study, board size and board composition were used as the proxy for corporate governance and return on asset was used a proxy for the fina... read more

The subject matter of this research work examined the impact of Mortgage institutions on the National housing policy and Development in Nigeria. This study also examined the effect of mortgage finance and National Housing Fund on Nigerian Citizens towards acquiring their own houses. The work outlined and appraised critically the contributions of Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria and Primary Mortgage Institutions to Housing Development in Nigeria. The data for the research work were collected by t... read more

Mobile banking system as an innovative product of commercial banks and telecommunication companies has become an important practice in Nigeria. The introduction of this phoning banking system has improve banking efficiency in rendering services to customer, as a result, the study examined inclusive financial solution: using mobile phones to provide financial solutions to the “unbanked”. The study adopted a quota sampling technique, data was col... read more

Payment systems have passed through a lot of ages. Prior to the 700bc, shells often were used in trade and barter and also cowries were introduced in Asia Minor. In Nigeria and other African countries, differently objects were used for payments. The objects were in form of cowries, coral beads, ivory, ornaments and bangles; and were used for payments. The early European traders mostly the Portuguese and Spaniards conveniently bought goods with cowries and manila. With the introduction of metal c... read more

This study examined the Impact of Exchange Rate Volatility on Nigeria Economic Growth over the period of 29 years (1987-2015). Secondary data source was explored in presenting the facts in which all Nigeria’s economic outputs were considered. The secondary data are obtained from CBN annual reports. The model for the study has its dependent variables to be the Real Gross Domestic Product (RGDP), Export and Import and its independent Variable was Exchange Rate, using Regression Model Analysis to... read more

This research work is geared towards the investigation of the effect of fiscal and monetary policies on commercial bank and other financial institution, government through various agencies issues fiscal and monetary which are assumed to determine whether these polices have any significant impact on the commercial banks and other financial institution, questionnaires were administered on this research work on which the questionnaires are distributed to 30workers of union bank and the result was ... read more

The concept of credit can be traced back in history and it was not appreciated until and after the Second World War when it was largely appreciated in Europe and later in Africa (Kiiru, 2004). Credit risk management has been an integral part of the loan process in banking business. Credit risk is the current and prospective risk to earnings or capital arising from an obligor’s failure to meet the terms of any contract with the bank or otherwise to perform as agreed. (Kargi, 2011). When bank... read more

The broad objective of this study is to investigate the implications of poor corporate governance practice on the banking system stability in Nigeria. Specifically, the study sought to; examine the effect of board composition on the banking system stability in Nigeria; to evaluate the effect of board size on the banking system stability in Nigeria; to ascertain the effect of bank size on the banking system stability in Nigeria. To achieve these objectives, ex-post facto research design and panel... read more

This research work was on the appraisal of internal control system as a means of preventing fraud in Nigerian Financial Institutions. However for a more detailed study a case study was carried on First Bank Plc Onitsha Head Office. The bank understudy was selected by simple random sampling. This study was necessitated because of the Increasing wave of Bank fraud in Nigerian in recent times as reported by the Nigerian dailies. Therefore the need to investigate these reports and if confi... read more

In every economy the banking sector is considered to be the vital source of financing economic activities. As such, the profitability of this sector is inevitable in order to encourage economic activities. The importance of bank profitability can be appraised at the micro and macro levels of the economy (Bobakova, 2003) at the micro level; profit is the essential pre-requisite of a competitive banking institution and the cheapest source of finds. It is not merely a result, but also a necessit... read more

The evolution of E-banking dates back to 1986 when the banking sector in Nigeria was deregulated (stamolilis, 2001). The result of this deregulation brought far-reaching transformation through computerization and improved bank service delivery. Competition with new products became keen within the system while customer sophistication posed a challenge for them, hence the reengineering of processing techniques of business activities encourage the automation of financial services especially among n... read more