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Financial Markets I . A

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Course Unit Code154-0332/04
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
NOV33Ing. Martina Novotná, Ph.D.
KRE330doc. Ing. Aleš Kresta, Ph.D.
NED0043Ing. David Neděla, 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
1. Characteristics of banking system.
2. Main functions and position of a central bank in economy.
3. Bank characteristics.
4. Systematization of banking products, pricing of banking products.
5. Client creditworthiness, lending procedures and forms of loan collateral.
6. Deposit services.
7. Providing loans to businesses.
8. Providing loans to consumers.
9. Banking services (non-deposit and non-loan products).
10. Payment systems – characteristics of domestic and cross-country payment systems.
11. Cashless payment instruments for domestics and international payments.
12. Payment instruments: - checks, bills of exchange, documentary collections.
13. Savings banks credit unions.
14. New trends in banking (Fintech, Cashless society).
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
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit35 (35)18
                ProjektSemestral project35 18
        ExaminationExamination65 (65)33
                Písemná část zkouškyWritten examination20 11
                Ústní část zkouškyOral examination45 22