Introduction to International Banking

Studiengang

International Program

Kennzahl der Lehrveranstaltung

IFLV6634

Anzahl der zugewiesenen ECTS-Credits

Name des/der Vortragenden

Yeung Hak, PhD

empfohlene optionale Programmeinheiten

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none

empfohlene Fachliteratur

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Reading lists are shown in the course contents. However, reflecting the dynamic nature of international banking, students are expected to be aware of current developments in the financial world through the financial pages of newspapers including Financial Times, The Economist and others. At the minimum, use Google News prior to start of the course.

Niveau der Lehrveranstaltung laut Lehrplan

Bachelor

Studienjahr

Spring 2025

Semester in dem die Lehrveranstaltung angeboten wird

Unterrichtssprache

English

Lernergebnisse der Lehrveranstaltung

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Broadening the opportunities for students either moving into international careers or further studies by providing them with an overview of an exciting element of the global financial system. Further equipping students considering careers in banking and banking related fields including consulting.
Students to comprehend how international banking fits into the global economic system and understand how the components of international banking from regulation to the business of banking works together to ensure the stability of the global financial system. Students would also acquire an appreciation of the need for vigilance on the risk management of banks due to the outsized impact of any bank failure which in many instances not only affect the domestic economy but also internationally.

Lehrinhalte

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This course will cover the following topics.
• Introduction to money and banking
• Global financial systems
• Business of international banking
• Regulation and supervision
• US dollar
• Payment system
• Fintech

Day 1
Session topic: Introduction to money and banking &Global financial system
• Central banks
• Financial Stability Board
• Bank for International Settlement
• International banks
• Financial centres

Readings
Reports from central banks (the Fed and ECB)
Financial Stability Board reports
BIS Annual Report. (2015). The international monetary and financial system
GFCI_33_Report_2023.03.23_v1.1.pdf

Day 2
Session topic: Business of international banking
• Banking business models
• Actual reporting
• Bank financial statements

Readings
Selected international banking groups financial statements and other investors’ reports

Day 3
Session topic: Regulation and supervision & US dollar
• Financial crises
• GFC 2007–09
• Investigating the impacts in the US, Europe and Asia
• Basel I, II and III
• Resolution and bail-in debt
• Covid
• Exchange rates
• Dominance of US dollar

Readings
Central bank reports on GFCs and covid
RBAexchange-rates-and-the-australian-economy.pdf
RBAdrivers-of-the-australian-dollar.pdf
June 2020 CGFS Papers No 65 USD funding: an international perspective

Day 4
Session topic: Payment system & Fintech
• European payment system
• SWIFT
• Value chain
• Innovations
• Fraud and technology
• Fintech companies
• Sukuks

Readings
European Banking Authority reports
study_id44525_fintech-report.pdf
FIS_TheGlobalPaymentsReport_2023.pdf
Fintech companies’ websites
Bank Islam (Malaysia) financial report
IFSB Islamic Financial Services Industry Stability Report 2022

Lehr- und Lernformen

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This class uses a mixture of lectures, discussions and presentations. This course provides a moderately in-depth introduction to International Banking in practice.

Students must indicate any sources, tools, or services they used to create (parts of) submissions (e.g., homework, exams, presentations). This extends, among other things, to all sorts of literature references (e.g., journal articles, books), as well as packages of statistical software (e.g., R, Python) and text-generation programs

Praktikum

none

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