BKF_BAN1 Banking I

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
26/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ing. Eva Horvátová, CSc. (lecturer)
Ing. Jan Krajíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Jan Krajíček, Ph.D.
Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Iva Havlíčková
Supplier department: Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Sat 27. 3. 16:00–18:50 P102, Sat 17. 4. 9:00–11:50 P102
Prerequisites
Makroecomomics and Microeconomics
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main aim of this course is entering meeting with banking problems. The knowledge gained in this course will be applied in the next banking courses of the Finance specialization. The course is focused on analysis of central bank operations, the role of the central bank in the economy, its functions and tools. Further, in the course students will be introduced with commercial banking problems, function of commercial bank, active and passive kinds of bank business and kinds of bank in banking system.
Course objectives:
At the end of the course, student will be able to understand basic functions of banking system in the Czech Republic and the European Union.
Learning outcomes
The main aim of this course is entering meeting with banking problems. The knowledge gained in this course will be applied in the next banking courses of the Finance specialization. The course is focused on analysis of central bank operations, the role of the central bank in the economy, its functions and tools. Further, in the course students will be introduced with commercial banking problems, function of commercial bank, active and passive kinds of bank business and kinds of bank in banking system.
Course objectives:
At the end of the course, student will be able to understand basic functions of banking system in the Czech Republic and the European Union.
Syllabus
  • Outline
  • 1. Banking system, financial system, relations, institutions, kinds of banking system
  • 2. Central bank, its role in economy, functions, tools, relations to commercial banks
  • 3. Central bank, transmission mechanism of monetary police, current tools of the monetary police, the European Central Bank, the European System of Central Banks
  • 4. Commercial banks, basic functions, shareholders capital, stability, liquidity, dividing of commercial bank business, balance of commercial banks
  • 5. Commercial banks, credit process, client rating, financial and non-financial indicators
  • 6. Kinds of commercial bank business, background, usage, project financing
  • 7. Alternative forms of financing, business with liabilities, joint venture, leasing, bank guarantees
  • 8. Interbank payments system in the Czech Republic and the EU, world systems, definition, background of cheque
  • 9. Foreign exchange operations, spot and futures operations, financial derivatives
  • 10. Cash operations of banks, function of commercial banks in cash flow, methodology of central banks
  • 11. Electronic communication with commercial banks, payment cards
  • 12. Investment banking, kinds of operation banks with securities, collective investment
  • 13. Tendency of bank commercial bank development, commercial bank as a business subject and financial markets participant
Literature
    required literature
  • REVENDA, Zbyněk. Peněžní ekonomie a bankovnictví. 5. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Management Press, 2012, 423 s. ISBN 9788072612406. info
  • REVENDA, Zbyněk. Centrální bankovnictví. 2. rozš. vyd. Praha: Management Press, 2001, 782 s. ISBN 80-7261-051-1. info
    recommended literature
  • MISHKIN, Frederic S. The economics of money, banking and financial markets. 7th ed. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2004, xxxix, 679. ISBN 0-321-12235-6. info
    not specified
  • KRAJÍČEK, J., PÁNEK, D.: Bankovnictví 1 – studijní materiály, ESF MU 2016, Aktualizované vydání, k dispozici ve studijních materiálech předmětu
  • REJNUŠ, Oldřich. Finanční trhy (Financial Markets). Třetí rozšířené. Ostrava: Key Publishing, 2011, 690 pp. Ekonomie. ISBN 978-80-7418-128-3. info
  • DVOŘÁK, Petr. Bankovnictví pro bankéře a klienty. 3rd ed. Praha: Linde a.s., 2005, 681 pp. ISBN 80-720-515-X. info
  • 2. PÁNEK,D.: Bankovní služby, Masarykova univerzita, 1. vydání, Brno, 2001, 70 stran, ISBN 80-210-2691-X
Teaching methods
Attendance at lectures, submission of semester paper (POT), check tests, final written test and exam.
Assessment methods
The course is finished by written exam. The Presumption of successful graduation of final exam is elaboration and delivery of written essay that will be corrected by tutor (POT) according to time schedule. It is an evidence of student home preparation in self-study with grade passed. Next condition is that student must successfully pass both scheduled control tests.
Final grade is consisted of:
Written part of examination (80 %) + final interpretation of student self-study during term – POTs Tests (20 %)
Tutorials are scheduled in three two-hour blocks; the content corresponds to topics as follows
1st tutorial: Topic 1-4
2nd tutorial: Topic 5 – 8, first test
3rd tutorial: Topic 9 – 13, second test
- To assess performance of students the following scale is applied (common to full-time and combined form of study):
A 92 - 100%
B 84 - 91%
C 76 - 83%
D 68 to 75%
E 60 - 67%
F less than 60%
Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams (credit tests) will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules.
Consequently, the teacher will finish the exam (credit test) by awarding grade "F" in the Information System, and the Dean will initiate disciplinary proceedings that may result in study terminativ.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: tutorial 6 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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