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Financial Markets I . A

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Course Unit Code154-0332/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KUL20prof. Ing. Lumír Kulhánek, CSc.
TIC02prof. Ing. Tomáš Tichý, Ph.D.
NOV329Ing. Josef Novotný, Ph.D.
Summary
This subject is devoted to description of banking industry. The aim of the subjects is to provide basic knowledge in the area of banking industry. Attention is paid especially to the principles of banking, role of banks in economy, domestic and cross-country payment systems, deposit services and providing loans to businesses and consumers.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
This subject is devoted to description of bank system in the Czech Republic
and in the world with concentrate on commercial banks and their position in
concrete economy. After passing this subject students will be able to
describe base of individual bank operations and compare individual bank
products from the aspect of revenue, liquidity and analyze and compare on
the basis of chosen criteria such bank products that are intended for
project financing.
Course Contents
Financial markets and institutions, the role of financial intermediaries
2. Banking system in the Czech Republic and the EU, development of banking
3. The history of central banking and the role of central banks today
4. Commercial banking industry and banking regulation
5. Banking products, interest rates, pricing of banking products
6. Liabilities operations (deposit on demand, time deposits, saving deposits, deposit bills), bank deposit products
7. Assets operations, types of loans
8. Collaterals
9. The payments systems, cash payment, cashless payment systems
10. Payment instruments (credit transfers, direct debits, checks, payment cards, bills of exchange)
11. Off-balance- sheet activities
12. E-banking
13. Savings banks (associations) and credit unions
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
JANOVEC, Michal. Finanční trh a jeho stabilita. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2023. Právní monografie. ISBN 978-80-7676-597-9.
POLOUČEK, Stanislav. Bankovnictví. 2. vyd. V Praze: C. H. Beck, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7400-491-9.
REVENDA, Zbyněk. Centrální bankovnictví. 3. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Management Press, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7261-230-7.
JANOVEC, Michal. Finanční trh a jeho stabilita. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2023. Právní monografie. ISBN 978-80-7676-597-9.
POLOUČEK, Stanislav. Bankovnictví. 2. vyd. V Praze: C. H. Beck, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7400-491-9.
REVENDA, Zbyněk. Centrální bankovnictví. 3. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Management Press, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7261-230-7.

Recommended Reading:
CECCHETTI, Stephen G. and Kermit L. SCHOENHOLTZ. Money, banking, and financial markets. Sixth edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2019. ISBN 978-1-260-22678-2.
PEDERSEN, Niels. Financial technology: case studies in fintech innovation. London: Kogan Page, 2021. ISBN 978-1-78966-545-1.
PRASAD, Eswar S. The future of money: how the digital revolution is transforming currencies and finance. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0-674-25844-0.
CECCHETTI, Stephen G. a Kermit L. SCHOENHOLTZ. Money, banking, and financial markets. Sixth edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2019. ISBN 978-1-260-22678-2.
PEDERSEN, Niels. Financial technology: case studies in fintech innovation. London: Kogan Page, 2021. ISBN 978-1-78966-545-1.
PRASAD, Eswar S. The future of money: how the digital revolution is transforming currencies and finance. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0-674-25844-0.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit35 (35)18
                creditSemestral project35 18
        ExaminationExamination65 (65)33
                creditOral examination45 22
                Writen testWritten examination20 11