Bank Operations Management Course Outline
Bank Operations Management Course Outline
Course Description:
This course is designed to impart basic knowledge about the banking industry with respect to laws,
regulations, and practices. Banking industry being the most important pillar of the economy as it
provides financial life blood to different industries in the particular country. Therefore, the course is
focusing on the current laws and regulations imposed by State Bank of Pakistan on all the scheduled
banks of Pakistan.
The course helps you to understand the bank environment and the types of products being offered in
the current banking industry. Furthermore, how these products are used for different kinds of customer
according to their requirements. The evolution of Basel and different changes with respect to challenges
faced by regulators are also a part of the said course.
Course contents:
An explanation what banking actually is; a brief history of banking; the relationship of banks with
households, businesses and government; banking and the economy.
Retail banking: deposits, lending to people and businesses, risk assessment checklist for lending and
loans.
Retail banks: payments and transferring money, clearing systems, other retail bank services.
Corporate banking: lending, credit and credit analysis, project finance, bankers acceptances.
Corporate banking, interest rates and LIBOR; international trade, bills of exchange; other corporate
banking activities and services.
How a bank operates: capital, liquidity and liquidity ratios, reserves, clearing systems, stockbroking.
Asset management and liability management, loan policy, the return on capital ratio, bank income.
Bank financial statements: balance sheets, income statements, bank performance ratios.
Evaluate the legal, social, and economic environments of banking industry.
Understanding the generic products of the banking industry and their use in different conditions.
Text/Ref Books:
MANAGEMENT OF BANKING OPERATIONS by Girisha M C
Israr H. Siddiqi Practice and Law of Banking in Pakistan, 6th edition Royal Book Co. Karachi, 1998
Saeed Nasir Money Banking and Credit, Imtiaz Publishers Lahore. (latest ed)