Renowned Banks are those Banks which basically conduct business to earn profits and are aimed at delivering the highest levels of customer satisfaction. Renowned Banks mainly thrive upon the deposits and loans from prominent business organizations. They also provide saving facilities to individuals.
The world Renowned Banks are mainly headquartered in the U.S.A. The urge in these Renowned Banks to exercise control over the entire World Economy is implicitly visible through the increasing significance of the U.S. controlled economic organizations like the World Bank, I.M.F. and World Trade Organization in the world scenario.
Generally the Renowned Banks can be classified according to the activities undertaken by them. Most Renowned Banks are involved with the following :
providing retail banking services
assisting the customers with investments.
financial services companies (or Universal Banks) combine both the services mentioned above
Those Renowned Banks which mainly concentrate upon retail banking provide the following services :
allotting current or checking and savings accounts to individual consumers as well as business concerns in return of their deposits
rendering loans to individual consumers as well as business concerns
providing assistance to consumers in case of money transactions ( cashing cheques and wire transfers)
allotting credit cards, debit cards and ATM cards to the account holders
securely storing precious items in the vault
liquidating and circulating bank rolls
The Renowned Banks functioning in the investment sector focuses upon the activities in the capital markets. Such Renowned Banks mainly operate by :
ensuring the sales of stock and bond issues (or underwriting)
carry out the transactions involving the accounts allotted by itself
prepare new markets for its customers
offer advise to incorporated business organizations regarding activities in capital markets (like mergers and acquisitions)
supply capital to business concerns through shares rather than loans.
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