Publications

December 2021
Case

The Instant Payment Mandate: The Central Bank of Brazil and Pix

By: Lauren Cohen and Spencer C. N. Hagist

João M. P. De Mello and his team at the Central Bank of Brazil are preparing a move that would seek to tilt the scales in favor of financial inclusion for the entire country. The innovation at hand is the unprecedented nation-wide instant payment scheme: Pix. The fruit... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Finance; Entrepreneurship; Innovation Strategy; Banking Industry; Brazil

Research Summary

Targeting Corporate Interests: The US banking industry's experience with community groups and regulators

In this project with Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Dennis Yao we use evidence from comminity groups' protests of bank mergers and negotiations with banking institutions to study how and why these firms are targeted for their non-market behavior.

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13 Jan 2011
News

Increasing numbers of banks are also walking away from foreclosures

December 2009 (Revised April 2010)
Case

Rabobank: The Global Food and Agriculture Bank

By: David E. Bell, Ray A. Goldberg, Mary Louise Shelman and Aldo Sesia

Rabobank decides to focus primarily on food and agriculture firms and farms on a global basis. View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Banks and Banking; Food; Globalization; System; Banking Industry

1991
Chapter

Competition and Competitiveness in British Banking 1918-1971

By: G. Jones

Keywords: History; Competitive Advantage; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; United Kingdom

June 1990 (Revised February 1991)
Teaching Note

Thai Farmers Bank (A) (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn

Keywords: Banking Industry

February 2005 (Revised July 2005)
Case

Allianz (A2): An Insurer Acquired a Bank

By: Joseph L. Bower, Marc L. Bertoneche, Anders Sjoman and Sonja Ellingson Hout

Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Banking Industry; Germany

May 1999
Teaching Note

Xedia and Silicon Valley Bank Series TN

By: Paul A. Gompers

Teaching Note for (9-298-119), (9-298-120), (9-298-121), and (9-298-122). View Details

Keywords: Banking Industry

March 1974 (Revised June 1995)
Case

First National City Bank Operating Group (B)

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Growth in demands on the bank's "back office" required a totally new approach to management. New stress on systems orientation, objectives, measurement, process design and control has resulted in lower costs, fewer people, and higher quality. Also resulted in fear,... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transition; Banks and Banking; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Production; Outcome or Result; Banking Industry

November 2023
Case

Will Fintechs and Central Banks Play in Emtech's Sandbox?

By: Daniel Isenberg and William R. Kerr

In February 2023, Emtech’s founder Carmelle Cadet is facing a dilemma. Rapidly running out of cash, Cadet has a term sheet from a leading VC but has a choice of how to structure the investment. The decision will have significant implications for Cadet’s own stake, as... View Details

Keywords: Cryptocurrency; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Cash Flow; Currency; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Digital Platforms

13 Aug 2021
News

New Child Tax Credit Should Be a Call to Action for Banks

2013
Working Paper

These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System

By: Stephen Haber and Aldo Musacchio

In 1997, the Mexican government reversed long-standing policies and allowed foreign banks to purchase Mexico's largest commercial banks and relaxed restrictions on the founding of new, foreign-owned banks. The result has been a dramatic shift in the ownership structure... View Details

Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Balance and Stability; Foreign Direct Investment; Banks and Banking; Society; Economics; Banking Industry; Mexico