Introduction: The Banking Industry

Lehrinhalte

• Fundamentals of financial intermediation • Basic financial concepts • Definition and manifestations of financial intermediaries • Functions and duties of financial intermediaries • Special features of banking operations • Financial contracts with symmetrical and asymmetrical information • Explanatory approaches to the existence of banks • Banking operations and services • Framework conditions for banking business activities • Tasks of financial markets • ESCB: ECB and NCB • Banking supervision • Banking systems: Bank structure in Austria • International banking systems: Banking structures in CEE; Banking structures in Western Europe, USA and Japan

Art der Vermittlung

face to face

Art der Veranstaltung

compulsory

Empfohlene Fachliteratur

Handout "Introduction to the Banking Industry"

Lern- und Lehrmethode

Lecture, support by PowerPoint slides; discussion of examples with students.

Prüfungsmethode

Written exam

Voraussetzungen laut Lehrplan

None

Schnellinfos

Unterrichtssprache

Deutsch

Studienjahr, in dem die Lerneinheit angeboten wird

WS2027

Incoming

Nein

Lernergebnisse der Lehrveranstaltung

After successful completion of the course, students can • present the special characteristics of the banking industry and the principles of the banking business • describe the banking systems in Austria and abroad as well as the framework conditions of the national and international banking industry • explain, outline and illustrate the economic models of the existence of financial intermediaries

Kennzahl der Lehrveranstaltung

0229-19-01-VZ-DE-01