High-Performance Banking in Today's Economic Climate

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The following paper begins with a basic review of how commercial banks make money. It then examines the definition of what constitutes a high performance in the banking world of finance. Finally, it assesses ways in which banks can achieve the maximum level high performance banking from a financial standpoint and examine the ways in which current public perceptions of banking and aspects of the new technology of Internet banking can affect the financial yield of banks.

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"Firstly, how do banks make money? A commercial bank (as opposed to, for instance, a credit union) has two basic functions: to accept deposits of money and to make loans. The main ways a commercial bank makes and creates funds is by making loans and by purchasing government bonds from the public sector. (McConnell and Brue 283-283) The goals of a commercial bank to remain "in business" must be twofold. One goal is that the bank must make a profit, the other goal is safety, which is traditionally defined to lie in liquidity specifically, by the bank retaining such liquid assets as cash and excess reserves."

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