Related topics from Britannicafinance
the process of raising funds or capital for any kind of expenditure. Consumers, business firms, and governments often do not have the funds available to make expenditures, pay their debts, or ...
corporate finance
the acquisition and allocation of a corporation's funds, or resources, with the objective of maximizing shareholder wealth (i.e., stock value). In the financial management of a corporation, funds ...
business finance
the raising and managing of funds by business organizations. Planning, analysis, and control operations are responsibilities of the financial manager, who is usually close to the top of the ...
war finance
the fiscal and monetary methods that are used in meeting the costs of war, including taxation, compulsory loans, voluntary domestic loans, foreign loans, and the creation of money. War finance is a ...
finance company
specialized financial institution that supplies credit for the purchase of consumer goods and services by purchasing the time-sales contracts of merchants or by granting small loans directly to ...
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
U.S. government agency established by Congress on January 22, 1932, to provide financial aid to railroads, financial institutions, and business corporations. With the passage of the Emergency Relief ...
International Finance Corporation
United Nations (UN) specialized agency affiliated with but legally separate from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank). Founded in 1956 to stimulate the economic ...
Bangkok
Bangkok houses about one-third of the country's banking units, holding three-fourths of all deposits. The Industrial Finance Corporation of Thailand, the Board of Investment, and the Securities ...
Samoa
The currency of Samoa is the tala, which consists of 100 sene ("cents"). The money supply is controlled and regulated by the Central Bank of Samoa, which was established in 1984. Samoa also has ...
Nicaragua
The Central Bank of Nicaragua, established in 1961, has the sole right of issue of the national currency, the cordoba. The financial system had been dominated by the government-owned Finance ...
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