Bank Solvency Research Articles

Effect of Creative Accounting Practices on Solvency of Selected Deposit Money Banks Quoted in Nigeria

The purpose of deposit money banks is to maximize solvency by acting as an economic intermediary between economic sectors that are in deficit and those that are in surplus. One of the main goals of deposit money banks' existence is to achieve solid bank solvency. However, fraud manner of using creative accounting measures in manipulating bank financial information has resulted to insolvency and collapsed of deposit money banks in Nigeria. The objective of the study is to examine the effect of creative accounting practices (cash assets structure, equity capital structure, loan structure, deposit liability and accrual quality) on solvency of selected deposit money banks quoted in Nigeria. The population of the study comprised of all the nineteen (19) listed deposit money banks as at December, 2021 while a targeted random sampling technique was adopted to select the sample size of ten (10) failed banks and seven (7) surviving commercial banks listed in Nigeria Stock Exchange (NGX). Ex post facto research design was adopted using dataset for the period 2006–2021 which were collated from the annual reports and financial statements of the listed deposit money banks. The data collected were analyzed using mean scores and Panel Regression Model method. The analysis revealed that three of the proxies of creative accounting such as cash assets structure, equity capital structure and deposit liability negatively but insignificantly influenced the survival of the DMBs, accrual quality is having a negative and significant effect on survival of the banks while only loan structure is having a positive but insignificant effect on survival of the DMBs on bank solvency (AdjR²= 0.258, F= 12.07: p < 0.05); while for failed banks, it was revealed that cash assets structure, and equity capital structure have positive and significant effect but equity capital structure has negative and significant effect while loan structure, deposit liability and asset quality have positive and insignificant effect on bank solvency (AdjR²= 0.33, F= 7.38: p < 0.05). The study concluded that creative accounting measures affect bank solvency in Nigeria. Therefore, the study recommended that bank managers should endeavor to employ accounting measures based on global and accounting standard so as to enhanced bank solvency among deposit money banks in Nigeria.

ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ ЗМІНИ ПРОФІЛЮ ОПЕРАЦІЙНИХ РИЗИКІВ БАНКІВ

The scientific article is devoted to the research and analysis of operational risk issues in modern conditions. The article examines the emergence of the concept of «operational risk» and its transformation under the influence of evolutionary processes and changes. Due to rapid technological advancements and changes in the socio-economic environment, the profile of operational risks for banks has also undergone significant changes. The identification and analysis of factors that have the greatest impact on qualitative and quantitative changes in the profile of operational risks are important tasks for financial institutions. One of the main drivers of changes in risk profiles is the process of digitization in the banking industry. The use of modern information and communication technologies in the banking sector significantly facilitates operations but also leads to new types of risks such as technological failures, cyber-attacks, and theft of confidential information. Another factor that significantly influences the profile of operational risks is the COVID-19 pandemic. The global pandemic has posed a major challenge to the banking sector as it has resulted in significant changes in the way banking services are provided, leading to the emergence of new operational risks. In particular, the implementation of quarantine restrictions and the transition to remote work have prompted banks to review their operational procedures and ways of interacting with clients. This has increased the risk associated with technological flaws, inadequate cybersecurity, and data storage problems. Additionally, the deployment of full-scale warfare caused by military aggression from Russia has a serious impact on operational risk. In such circumstances, banks face significant difficulties in ensuring the security of their assets, carrying out operations, and ensuring the normal functioning of the financial system as a whole. The military conflict has led to instability in the economic environment, a significant decrease in trust in financial institutions, and threats to the solvency of banks. In light of the growing threats of operational risk, the question of improving methods and tools for managing it becomes even more relevant. Banks need to carefully analyze their operational processes, identify potential risks, and develop effective strategies to minimize these risks.

Katılım Bankalarının Finansal Sağlamlığının Bankometer ve Z-Skor Yöntemleriyle Analizi

Bu araştırmada katılım bankacılığı sektörünün finansal açıdan sağlamlığı ve borç ödeme gücü Türkiye bağlamında incelenmiştir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda Türkiye’de faaliyet gösteren beş katılım bankasının (Albaraka Türk, Kuveyt Türk, Türkiye Finans, Vakıf Katılım Bankası, Ziraat Katılım Bankası) durumu 2016-2020 dönemi finansal verilerinden hareketle analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmada Shar vd. (2010) tarafından geliştirilen Bankometer modeli bankaların borç ödeme gücünü ölçmek için; Altman (1968) tarafından geliştirilen Z-Skor modeli de bankaların iflas potansiyelini tahmin etmek için kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada kullanılan Z-Skor modeli sonuçlarına göre hem özel sermayeli hem de kamu sermayeli katılım bankalarının iflas riskiyle karşı karşıya oldukları; Bankometer modeli sonuçlarına göre ise katılım bankalarının incelenen dönemlerde çoğunlukla gri bölgede yer aldıkları ve finansal zorluk yaşama potansiyeli taşıdığı sonuçlarına ulaşılmıştır.

ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ РИНКОВОЇ МОДЕЛІ ВІТЧИЗНЯНОГО ДЕПОЗИТНОГО РИНКУ: АНАЛІЗ КОНЦЕНТРАЦІЇ

The effective functioning of the domestic deposit market presupposes the presence of positive dynamics regarding the equal placement of free funds of legal entities and individuals in the accounts of all functioning banks at the optimal level of the interest rate on deposits. It is under such conditions that the studied market would present a model of perfect competition. However, the conducted research confirmed the fact that the domestic deposit market is not an example of a model of free (unrestricted) competition. With the use of official NBU data and well-known methods for determining the level of market power (concentration coefficient, Herfindahl-Hirschman index), we found a generally "moderate concentration" of the studied market, which allows us to characterize it as a market model of monopolistic competition, despite the fact that over the past four years state banks in Ukraine demonstrated significant (in their favor) differences in the share of population deposits compared to private and foreign banks. In the Ukrainian deposit market, in general, there is an outflow of funds from deposit accounts, which is explained, first of all, by low interest rates on deposits. In this context, it is extremely important for banks to intensify efforts to introduce new deposit products, thereby creating opportunities to increase term deposits, which, among other opportunities for accumulating funds, are relatively stable. They are one of the important sources of financing assets, increasing the liquidity and solvency of banks, intensifying credit and investment activities and, in general, supporting the financial stability of the country's banking system.

Investigating Banking Profitability: Evidence from Commercial Banks in Emerging Country

We empirically analyse the determinants of commercial banking profitability in Indonesia for the period 2014-2018. We contribute to the growing literature in practical ways, first we propose suggestion to the business of the commercial banking sector in Indonesia, especially in decision-making of financial condition, in order to maximize the performance of the company and shareholders, so that the banking company's shares can continue to survive and have large returns. Also, it is expected to provide insight and knowledge about the extent to which the relationship between the banking sound’s level variable and its Profitability. The sample in this study amounted to 17 banking companies. This study uses purposive sampling method and we apply multiple linear regression approach with SPSS. We found that credit portfolio quality has a negative and significant effect on profitability, bank solvency has a positive and significant effect on profitability, interest level has a positive and insignificant effect on profitability. Efficiency ratio has a negative and insignificant effect on profitability, and liquidity has a positive and insignificant effect on profitability.&#x0D; &#x0D; Keywords: bank profitability, emerging economy, credit quality, solvency, interest margin, efficiency

Bank-specific factors and credit risk: evidence from Italian banks in different local markets

PurposeUsing bank-level data over the 1994–2015 period, the authors aim to investigate the role of bank-specific factors on credit risk in Italy by considering two different groups of banks, namely, cooperative and non-cooperative (commercial and popular), in different local markets.Design/methodology/approachRelying on highly territorially disaggregated data at labour market areas’ level, the authors estimate the impact of the role of bank-specific factors on credit risk in Italy from the estimation of a fixed-effect estimator. Non-performing loans to total loans has been used as a proxy of credit risk; the bank-specific factors are as follows: growth of loans, reflecting credit policy; log of total assets, controlling for banks’ size; loans to total assets, reflecting the volume of credit market; equity to total assets, capturing the solvency of banks and reflecting their capital strength; return on assets, reflecting the profitability of banks; deposits to loans, reflecting the intermediation cost; cost of total assets, reflecting the banks’ efficiency or volume of intermediation cost.FindingsThe empirical findings suggest that regulatory credit policy, capitalisation, volume of credit and volume of intermediation costs are the main bank-specific factors affecting non-performing loans. Nevertheless, the present analysis suggests that the behaviour of cooperative banks’ behaviour seems to be in line with that of commercial rather than popular banks, casting doubts about the feasibility of their credit policies. It turns out that recent reforms involving popular and cooperative banks represent the first step toward the enhancement of the stability and efficiency of the Italian banking system. While the present study’s benchmark results are not particularly affected by the degree of competition in the banking sector and by banks’ size, it shows that both cooperative and non-cooperative banks have undertaken more prudent credit policies after the advent of the financial crisis and the introduction of the Basel regulation.Originality/valueThe relationship between bank-specific factors and credit risk has been analysed using a rich sample of cooperative, commercial and popular banks in Italy over the 1994–2015 period. The authors rely on labour market areas being sub-regional geographical areas where the bulk of the labour force lives and works. The contribution is motivated by the financial distress experienced after the 2008 financial crisis, which has significantly hit the Italian banking system and cooperative banks in particular.

Effects of financial statement and macroeconomic factors on risk measures of banks in India

This paper aims to analyse the effects of financial statement indicators and off-balance sheet items affecting risk measures among Indian banks employing both panel data regression and a non-parametric decision tree approach. We explore the effects of bank size, leverage, exposure to contingent liabilities including off-balance sheet derivatives usage and macroeconomic factors on risk measures for banks. In this paper, it is also aimed to examine the effects of the major financial liberalization policy period in the domestic market in India that started in the mid-1990s and ended around 2004 as well as impacts of the 2008 global financial crisis on the risk measures of banks operating in India. As risk measures, we present a comparative analysis of liquidity, solvency, and interest rate risk measures of Indian banks across public (government) and private ownership categories. Main findings from our study demonstrate (i) significant impact of capital adequacy and the bank size on all the risk measures, (ii) contingent liabilities (including derivatives usage) at banks is observed to significantly impact the asset management measure of liquidity risk and the solvency risk of banks, (iii) GDP growth is observed to impact the asset management and liability management measure of liquidity risk, (iv) the global financial crisis is found to have a significant impact on the liquidity risk measures and interest rate risk, but a weak effect on solvency risk of Indian banks, (v) bank ownership category (government owned versus private sector banks) is observed to have a significant impact on all the risk measures, and finally (vi) financial liberalization reforms had a highly significant effect on the liquidity risk at banks.

Could Basel Regulatory Framework Have Saved Lebanese Banks?

This paper aims to enhance in-depth analysis of the impact of various risks: credit risk, interest rate risk, market risk and liquidity risk as well as the volume of activity on the capital adequacy ratio of the Lebanese banks. It is confined to 31 banks out of the 63 banks operating in Lebanon, non-probability sample, during the period 2012-2018 using the regression analysis. The findings indicate that all the independent variables have a negative impact on banks’ solvency; while the liquidity risk has a positive effect, the market risk and the volume of activity variables have no significant relationship with the solvency of banks. Meanwhile, credit risk has proven its largest and most important role in the ability to reduce or increase the Lebanese banks’ solvency. But banks still have to respect a liquidity ratio, which is confirmed by the Basel III agreements. The originality of this study comes from the particularity of Lebanese banks for its core role in the Lebanese economy. This research is the first attempt that models the relationship between the above stated variables and the capital adequacy ratio; especially in the pre-crisis period, that Lebanon went through, which immediately led to the liquidity shortage crisis.

COVID-19, Macroeconomic and Sustainability Shocks, Moral Hazard and Resolution of Systemic Banking Crises: Designing Appropriate Systems of Public Support

Banks have so far weathered well the financial turbulence caused by COVID-19 while at the same time being central in the economic and financial response. As the crisis moves from its initial phase as a short-term liquidity shock, the financial sector is facing increasing volumes of non-performing loans, raising the spectre of a banking solvency crisis. In economies already burdened with low-quality assets, the COVID-19 fallout is intensifying existing problems with legacy loans heightening the risk of a banking crisis. These issues are now being worsened by the impact of inflation and the invasion of Ukraine. Thus, addressing increasing volumes of bad loans, while supporting the proper functioning of the financial system, is a major challenge with systemic repercussions for a range of economies. This paper identifies a great paradox: since the bank rescues of the 2008–9 Global Financial Crisis there has been a disproportionate focus on the liability side of bank balance sheets through resolution measures such as bail-in and the accumulation of bail-inable debt. Post-crisis bank resolution regimes have overlooked solutions lying within the asset side of bank balance sheets. This paper analyses historical evidence to argue that concentrating on a liability-focused approach to the exclusion of asset-side solutions is ill-conceived. An excessive accumulation of non-performing loans on the asset side of bank balance sheets inevitably renders resolution interventions on the liability/equity side ineffective or at the very least insufficient to maintain banking system viability and financial stability. Bank asset restructuring involving the use of asset management companies, asset protection schemes and even capital injections can play a critical role in achieving an expeditious restoration of banking systems’ health following a major macroeconomic, sustainability or financial crisis.

The Interplay of Macro-Prudential Regulation and Microeconomic Financial Regulation in the European Union in 2011–2014

Though macro-prudential policy is usually aimed at mitigating financial instability, in the European Union it mainly consisted of a discretionary use of old policy tools, such as micro prudential measures, which might have worsened an ongoing financial crisis. Two episodes will be examined: the 2011 special recapitalization of banks and the 2014 Asset Quality Review and stress tests. The metric for the EBA 2011 recapitalization was the ratio of capital to risk-weighted assets. In this exercise, unlike Basel II and III prescriptions, all government bonds had to be accounted for at their current valuation. This feature has not yet been included in any piece of EU legislation and was therefore highly discretionary. Given the falling prices of some European countries’ government bonds, peripheral countries’ banks were in need of more capital. Therefore, they may have reduced credit, especially to SME, or worsened credit conditions. The 2014 stress tests examined the solvency of banks with the same metric and parameters taken from a macroeconomic scenario that was a remake of the 2007–2008 financial crisis. This contrasted with the macroeconomic reality of the time in which a restrictive fiscal policy was affecting firms’ cash flows and hitting, in particular, peripheral countries.

PECULIARITIES OF FUNCTIONING OF THE BANKING SYSTEM OF UKRAINE

The state of the banking system indicates the level of prosperity in the country. The financial and economic crisis has provoked a significant outflow of funds from banking system and the growth of non-performing loans, which led to a deterioration in liquidity and solvency of banks and, accordingly, significantly affected their financial stability. The purpose of the article is to determine the features of the banking system of Ukraine and trends in its further development. The banking sector is influenced by a set of factors: the general political and economic situation in the country, the development of the securities market and the interbank market, the organization of the refinancing system, the effectiveness of regulatory functions of the central bank. Strikes, natural disasters, military conflicts, revolutionary, political and economic events are also extraordinary factors. The aggravation of the political crisis, inconsistency and inconsistency of public policy make the economic crisis in the country even deeper and longer. It is political stabilization that should be the catalyst for the resumption of economic growth. Another important factor that has a strong impact on the economic situation in the economy as a whole and on the functioning of the banking system is the COVID-19 Pandemic. A key factor in the functioning of the banking system of Ukraine in the COVID-19 pandemic is the change in the discount rate as an element of monetary policy of the National Bank of Ukraine. Methodology. The main indicators of banking institutions are analyzed, in particular: the dynamics of changes in the number of Ukrainian banks, the number of structural units of banks, TOP-10 banking institutions in 2021, the dynamics of changes in Ukraine's discount rate in recent years, financial results of Ukrainian banks. It was found that the decrease in the number of banking institutions led to a significant reduction in the number of branches, in particular, most branches were closed by state-owned banks and PrivatBank, but new branches were opened exclusively by private banks. Analyzing the state of the banking services market in terms of raising funds from individuals, dynamics of monetary deposits of the population for the last not a few years show an increase in trust citizens to banks and the interest of bankers to increase in the share of attracted funds of the population in their assets. Changes in the financial market affect the competitive position of banks, which requires rapid adaptation to existing conditions and accumulate all efforts to maintain their own solvency and stability of the banking system. Results. The results show that the changes that took place in the banking system during the COVID-19 pandemic and the full-scale war require the development of possible scenarios for the development of Ukraine's banking system in the future. To restore the banks caused by the banking crisis, it is necessary to use such tools as: maintaining liquidity as a "lender of last resort", reducing required reserves, a diversified approach to setting economic standards. Based on the optimistic scenario and using adaptive and regulatory approaches, as well as taking into account the influence of endogenous and exogenous factors, the projected indicators of development of the banking system of Ukraine have been developed.

Measurement and Management of Interest Rate Risk of Commercial Banks: Based on VaR-GARCH Model of a Case Study of SHIBOR

With the acceleration of financial liberalization in China and the tremendous changes in the international financial situation, China’s commercial banks face considerable interest rate risks. The profitability and solvency of commercial banks have been impacted, leading to increased operational uncertainty and even systemic risks. The Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate, launched in 2007, tends to approach the benchmark interest rate in the financial market. Therefore, this paper selects The Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (SHIBOR) overnight lending rate from January 2017 to July 2021 as a sample and adopts a method combining the VaR and GARCH models. Through empirical analysis, this paper establishes a GARCH model to eliminate the heteroscedasticity phenomenon in the data. The results show that the SHIBOR series has the characteristics of stationary, non-normal distribution, serial autocorrelation, and heteroscedasticity. The GARCH (2,2) model under the generalized error distribution (GED) is the most effective for measuring interest rate risk. Based on this, this article puts forward suggestions that commercial banks should enhance their awareness of interest rate risk management and should actively use financial derivatives to hedge interest rate risks.&#x0D;

Bank green lending and credit risk: an empirical analysis of China's Green Credit Policy

AbstractThis study empirically investigates the relationship between banks' green lending and their credit risk, and how Chinese green finance regulations contribute to the solvency of individual banks and the resilience of the financial system. Analysing a sample of 41 Chinese banks from 2007 to 2018, we find that the association between a bank's (relative) green lending as a proportion of its overall loan portfolio, and its credit risk, depends critically on the size and structure of state ownership. While the implementation of China's Green Credit Policy reduces credit risk for the major state‐controlled banks, it increases credit risk for the city and regional commercial banks. This performance difference appears largely due to information and expertise asymmetries, with the city and regional commercial banks having less access to information and expertise necessary to evaluate the credit risk of green lending. Understanding this phenomenon can help policymakers tailor green finance policies according to banks' characteristics. It also suggests that mechanisms and platforms for the city/regional commercial banks to learn from the major state‐controlled banks could be beneficial.

The impact of natural disasters on the performance and solvency of US banks

PurposeThis paper explores the effect of natural disasters on the profitability and solvency of US banks.Design/methodology/approachEmploying a sample of 187 large-scale natural disasters that occurred in the United States between 2000 and 2014 and a sample of 2,891 banks, we examine whether and how disaster-related damages affect various measures of bank profitability and bank solvency. We differentiate between different types of banks (with local, regional and national operations) based on a breakdown of their state-level deposits and explore the reaction of these banks to damages weighted by the GDP of the states they operate in.FindingsWe find that natural disasters have a pronounced effect on the net-income-to-assets and the net-income-to-equity ratio of banks, as well as the banks' impaired loans and return on average assets. We also observe significant effects on the equity ratio and the tier-1 capital ratio (two solvency measures). Interestingly, the latter are positive for regional banks which appear to benefit from increased customer deposits related to safekeeping, government payments for post-disaster recovery, insurance payouts and decreased withdrawals, while they are significantly negative for banks that operate locally or nationally.Originality/valueWe contribute to the literature by offering various new insights regarding the effects natural disasters have on financial institutions. With climate change-driven natural disasters widely expected to increase both in terms of frequency and severity, their economic fallout is likely to impose an increasing burden on financial institutions. Large, nationally operating banks tend to be well diversified both geographically and in terms of their product offerings. Small, locally operating banks, however, are increasingly at risk – particularly if they operate in disaster-prone areas. Current banking regulations generally do not factor natural disaster risks into their capital requirements. To avoid the next big financial crisis, regulators may want to adjust their reserve requirements by taking this growing risk exposure into consideration.

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS OF NON-PERFORMING LOANS: THE EXAMPLE OF THE BANKING SECTOR IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Non-performing loans are loans that do not generate income for banks and represent one of the most sensitive categories of a bank’s balance sheet. Their increase can affect both the liquidity and the solvency of banks. This paper investigates internal (specific) and external (macroeconomic) determinants of non-performing loans of the banking sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the period 2008: Q1 - 2020: Q4 including correlation and regression analysis. The results of the research showed that the following independent variables have the strongest impact on non-performing loans as a dependent variable: unemployment rate, provisions to non-performing loans, and real GDP growth rate. On the other hand, the independent variable return on equity had the weakest impact on non-performing loans.

A Fiscal Theory of Central Bank's Solvency: Perils of the Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing

A Fiscal Theory of Central Bank's Solvency: Perils of the Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing

Функціонування банківської системи України: проблеми та перспективи

The article is aimed at analyzing the state of the banking system and forming perspective directions for its development. The main attention in the article is paid to the study of the peculiarities in the functioning of the banking system of Ukraine, its problems and prospects. The carried out analysis showed that the banking system of Ukraine has a sufficient reserve of financial sustainability. The pandemic of 2019 and the war with Russia negatively affected the entire banking system of Ukraine, the number of domestic banking institutions is rapidly decreasing. At the same time, the banking system in the context of war operates smoothly, the level of liquidity of domestic banks remains at a sufficient level due to the presence of significant reserves of highly liquid assets and a slight outflow of banking deposits of the population and business. The dominant tendency in the banking system of Ukraine is the unprecedented crisis caused by the war started by Russia, as result of which significant losses are expected in the banking sector of our State, which is already characterized by high credit risk, large amounts of deductions to reserves and poor quality of loan portfolios and their depreciation. A number of promising directions as to operation of the banking system of Ukraine are proposed, in particular, banks need to apply loan holidays on a weighted basis, carefully assess the financial condition of borrowers, accurately restructure debts, develop cybersecurity, and the NBU should weaken regulatory requirements in case of violation of capital or liquidity standards by banks, stimulate the introduction of various new technologies for various banking payments. Credit risk is the main indicator of the effective activity of domestic banks, which as of today has its negative impact on the entire banking system. The NBU needs to continue to implement anti-crisis measures to increase the profitability, solvency and liquidity of Ukrainian banks.

Is unconventional monetary policy mediated by banks’ liquidity and solvency ratios? Evidence from the European banking sector

We try to answer the following research question: Is unconventional monetary policy (UMP) mediated by European banks’ liquidity and solvency ratios? Starting from micro-prudential tools (unconventional monetary policy), this paper focuses on the micro-prudential perspective and contributes in different ways to the existing literature. First, using supervisory reporting data from European banks (European Central Bank (ECB), Statistical Data Warehouse), provides insights into the UMP (in terms of long term refinancing operation (LTRO)) during the first phase of the COVID 19 pandemic. Second, it empirically investigates the impacts of the LTRO on the liquidity and solvency of European banks, during the Q32016‒Q22021 period. We argue that the impacts of UMP (in terms of LTRO) are strictly related to banks’ solvency and liquidity, thus favouring the stability of the banking system. These results suggest that authorities may want to monitor the bank’s capital ratio and the liquidity position of financial institutions, also to better understand the effects of unconventional monetary tools on lending volume. The topic of our paper is scarcely explored by similar studies; therefore, we believe that our work may fill this gap and significantly contribute to enriching the related empirical literature.

Виклики та пріоритети управління власним капіталом банків України в період воєнного стану

The article examines the challenges and peculiarities of the management of the equity capital of Ukrainian banks during the period of martial law. It is proven that the current economic conditions of banks’ functioning are aggravated by a significant level of turbulence in financial markets, crisis phenomena in the real sector of the economy and the global energy market, which creates new challenges in the aspect of bank equity management. The existing understanding of the integrative role of banks’ equity capital in ensuring its functional adequacy to the needs of the national economy at each of the turns of its cycle is disclosed. The characteristic properties of banks’ equity capital, according to the practice of its management, are defined as favorable and those that bring additional challenges when increasing the capitalization of banks in the period of martial law. It was noted that the process of equity capital management has a contradiction at its core: on the one hand, the development of the bank is carried out mainly at the expense of borrowed funds, on the other hand, the scale of its activity is closely related to the amount of own capital. Therefore, it is advisable to make decisions in the field of the formation of the bank’s equity capital on the basis of a comparative analysis of the growth rates of risky assets and liabilities. The bank’s financial managers should pay critical attention to determining the value of equity capital, which will provide an opportunity to increase management efficiency and obtain a relevant information flow for making informed decisions. A comparative analysis of the main economic norms of the capital of the banking system of Ukraine for 2018–2022 justified the implementation of the basic norms regarding capital, however, the assessment of the structure of the equity capital of Ukrainian banks showed that the amount of equity capital continues to be less than the authorized capital, which is explained by the significant losses of the banking system of Ukraine. According to the results of the study, the modern problems of managing the equity capital of Ukrainian banks are substantiated, and priorities and recommendations for their solution are determined. It has been proven that in periods of turbulence, equity capital is more necessary to maintain the solvency of banks than to increase active operations, since capitalization processes occur more slowly than the trends of capital movement on a global scale require. In the conditions of limiting the number of external sources of capitalization of Ukrainian banks, special attention should be paid to the development of internal innovative financial and organizational tools capable of meeting the requirements of both bank owners, managers and clients. Among these tools, it is appropriate to single out corporate governance, in particular, the effective dividend policy of banks and the consideration in banking risk management systems of specific risks of the distribution of ownership rights and management, especially when it concerns the identification of beneficial owners from the aggressor country.

Role of financial inclusion on bank stability in Bangladesh

This study investigates the role of financial inclusion on bank stability in Bangladesh. Financial inclusion indicates equality and availability of financial products to individuals and businesses, which is captured with natural logarithm of number of ATM per 100 thousand of people (lnATM), log of number of bank branch (lnBB), ratio of Private Credit to Gross Domestic Product (PCGDP), ratio of financial system deposit to GDP (FSDGDP). Conversely, bank stability is proxied by natural logarithm of Z-score (lnZ-score), and ratio of non-performing loan to gross loan (NPL ratio). In the investigation process, we have used an unbalanced panel dataset consisting of all commercial banks from Bangladesh over the 2002-2014 period. Controlling a number of bank-level and macro-economic variables, the random effect model demonstrates that financial inclusion is positively related with bank solvency and negatively related credit risk taking. The results suggest that financial inclusion is supportive for promoting bank stability in Bangladesh. Therefore, the paper proposes to bolster financial innovation in order to increase financial in Bangladesh. IIUC Business Review Vol. 10, Dec. 2021 pp. 81-100