Bank Capital - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 May 2009
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Capital race is on for banks

08 May 2015
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A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks

possibly substantial downside of heightened capital requirements. “Over the last 40 years, lower risk banks have higher stock returns on a risk-adjusted or even a raw basis, consistent with a stock market... View Details

09 Jan 2020
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The open banking movement is inspiring consumers to ask who owns their banking data

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

Stanley's international investment banking operations. On returning to New York, he took over responsibility for the firm's global equity capital markets business, and in 1997, he became an advisory... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

01 Dec 1997
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Banking on HBS

Since his arrival in 1995 as its new president, James D. Wolfensohn (MBA '59) has set in motion sweeping cultural and operational changes at the World Bank. One of Wolfensohn's early initiatives, undertaken together with HBS and several other academic institutions, was... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2024
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Elevator Pitch: Banking On It

Fuse has secured over $10 million in venture capital funding. Its strategic collaborations include leading US lenders that collectively hold more than $600 billion in assets. View Details

Keywords: fintech; finance; entrepreneurship; Finance

20 Mar 2019
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A Proposed Megadeal Exposes the Grim Outlook for Europe’s Banks

01 Dec 2019
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Capitalizing the Corner Shop

to macro shocks in the global economy, and there were few places to turn to for financial support. “There’s not much venture capital now, and for sure there wasn’t much venture capital back then,” he adds.... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Sep 2008
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Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?

threats to the global economic system. It survived two world wars and the Great Depression. It won the Cold War. Doesn’t capitalism reign supreme in the 21st century? Looking forward, we certainly can see challenges that will have to be... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

11 May 2016
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World Bank Vice President and Treasurer: Negative Rates Not the Answer

Bank in September 2015, previously serving a five-year term as director-general of Nigeria’s Security and Exchange Commission from 2011 to 2015. An alumni profile of her during that stint details her transformative efforts at the... View Details

01 Sep 2020
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Road Work

history or FICO score necessary to access the capital necessary to launch a business or take an existing venture to the next level. Their businesses could be described as “microenterprises,” with annual revenues of around $183,000—about a... View Details

Keywords: banking; LatinX; small businesses; COVID-19; Finance

01 Mar 2003
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All in a Day's Work

COO and Loan Fund president, says a few words as well. Jones highlights BCC’s role as an intermediary lender between Citizens Bank and the Somerville Community Corporation and mentions another BCC project in the works: a day-care center... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Real Estate

12 Apr 2023
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Step Change

making something from nothing had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today's startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate of 117 percent between 2017... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

01 Dec 2020
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Well Matched

footballer Michael Owen) and rooting for the Denver Broncos (her mom is a native, she explains). After completing her undergraduate degree at Wharton, Rapaport took on a range of investment banking roles. “I learned that I loved the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; venture capital; diversity; inclusion; tennis; leadership; women; Finance

01 Mar 2023
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Step Change

had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today’s startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate of 117 percent between 2017 and 2021, according to Magnitt.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance