Introduction: The Banking Industry

Lehrinhalte

• Fundamentals of financial intermediation • Basic financial concepts • Definition and manifestations of financial intermediaries • Functions and duties of financial intermediaries • Special features of banking operations • Financial contracts with symmetrical and asymmetrical information • Explanatory approaches to the existence of banks • Banking operations and services • Framework conditions for banking business activities • Tasks of financial markets • ESCB: ECB and NCB • Banking supervision • Banking systems: Bank structure in Austria • International banking systems: Banking structures in CEE; Banking structures in Western Europe, USA and Japan

Art der Vermittlung

face to face

Art der Veranstaltung

compulsory

Empfohlene Fachliteratur

Handout "Introduction to the Banking Industry"

Lern- und Lehrmethode

Lecture, support by PowerPoint slides; discussion of examples with students.

Prüfungsmethode

Written exam

Voraussetzungen laut Lehrplan

None

Schnellinfos

Studiengang

Bank- und Finanzwirtschaft (Bachelor)

Akademischer Grad

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

3.00

Unterrichtssprache

Englisch

Studienplan

Vollzeit

Studienjahr, in dem die Lerneinheit angeboten wird

WS2026

Semester in dem die Lehrveranstaltung angeboten wird

1 WS

Incoming

Nein

Lernergebnisse der Lehrveranstaltung

After successful completion of the course, students can • present the special characteristics of the banking industry and the principles of the banking business • describe the banking systems in Austria and abroad as well as the framework conditions of the national and international banking industry • explain, outline and illustrate the economic models of the existence of financial intermediaries

Kennzahl der Lehrveranstaltung

0229-19-01-VZ-DE-01