Canadian Banker articles from January 1991

Canadian Banker archives from January 1991

Making sense of bankruptcy; Bernard R. Wilson interviews Superintendent of Bankruptcy Yves Pigeon. (interview)
January 1, 1991... BERNARD R. WILSON INTERVIEWS SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKRUPTCY YVES PIGEON Making sense of bankruptcy Bankruptcy is on the increase as Canadians struggle with another economic recession. Bankers are often involved in the unsettling...

Consumer bankruptcies on the rise! (Canada)
January 1, 1991... Consumer bankruptcies on the rise! The increasing numbers of bankruptcies in Canada are a depressing sign of the times. In this article, the author reviews the situation, and how it compares with the U.S. picture. He also considers the...

Technology at the leading edge. (Canadian banks)
January 1, 1991... Techonology at the leading edge Shall we look into the crystal ball? It's easy to assume that man's best endeavours -- including his present and future banking -- are technology-driven. But modern man runs the risk of repeating the same kind...

Banks in our history. (Canada) (part 1)
January 1, 1991... Banks in our history Some banks come, some go and some seem to go on forever. In this article, and another in our next issue, Harvey Perry considers a list of every bank that ever was in Canada (and some that never were) and spins a...

On the safe side. (fraudulent use of automated banking machine cards)
January 1, 1991... On the safe side Court agrees with banks on fraudulent use of Automated Banking Machine cards In the summer of 1990, a Quebec court heard a case that caused considerable controversy, especially among consumer protection associations....

Banking on water. (water as consideration in extending credit)(includes related information on loans and water, water exports, and the vulnerable Great Lakes)
January 1, 1991... Banking on water Both national and international bankers will increasingly find that water has become a vital consideration in successfully extending credit. The author is a farmer, writer and publisher from Ilderton, Ont. His new book, "No...

The single European market for financial services: a consumer perspective.
January 1, 1991... The single European market for financial services: a consumer perspective The grand design for a single European Community market in financial services has three main components: * Free flow of money across the Community's internal...

Counterfeiter's nightmare. (new Canadian $50 bills)
January 1, 1991... Counterfeiter's nightmare The new Canadian $50 bills give counterfeiters the fits. And new technology will soon protect $100 and $20 bills as well, says the author, a freelance writer from Fredericton, N.B., who feels that while the new...

How to stop spinning your wheels. (effective time management)
January 1, 1991... How to stop spinning your wheels How we manage our time determines how we manage our jobs, our leisure and our family activities. It takes planning to organize our lives and to help weed out time wasters. The author is a professor at the...

Tax fax. (various tax stories) (column)
January 1, 1991... Tax Fax I'm writing this column well ahead of publication date. Canada's climate in January-February is generally gloomy, and the tax climate abysmal dismal. With that in mind, presumably, the Editor gently suggested I might collect some...

Spectacular Computer Crimes.
January 1, 1991... Spectacular Computer Crimes; Buck Bloombecker; Oxford University Press, 70 Wynford Drive, Don Mills, Ont. M3C 1J9; By naming this book, "Spectacular Computer Crimes," Mr. BloomBecker, a well-known and respected security consultant, might be...

Northern Enterprise - Five Centuries of Canadian Business.
January 1, 1991... Northern Enterprise -- Five Centuries of Canadian Business; Michael Bliss; McClelland and Stewart, 481 University Ave., Ste. 900, Toronto, Ont. M5G 2E9; There's little comfort for bankers in Michael Bliss's overview of Canadian business...

The Battle-Weary Executive: A Blueprint for New Beginnings.
January 1, 1991... The Battle-Weary Executive: A Blueprint for New Beginnings; Lawrence W. Tuller; Oxford University Press, 70 Wynford Dr., Don Mills, Ont. M3C 1J9; Corporate raiders bankrupt formerly prosperous companies. Unethical corporations deliberately...

The Interstate Banking Revolution: Benefits, Risks, and Tradeoffs for Bankers and Consumers.
January 1, 1991... The Interstate Banking Revolution: Benefits, Risks, and Tradeoffs for Bankers and Consumers; Peter S. Rose; Quorum Books, 88 Post Road West, Westport, Connecticut, 06881; Historically, U.S. banking has been predominantly a locally oriented...

Opening Financial Markets.
January 1, 1991... Opening Financial Markets; Louis W. Pauly; Cornell University Press, 124 Roberts Place, Ithaca, NY 14850; In this monograph, Mr. Pauly conducts a historical survey of the conditions under which the U.S.A., Japan, Canada and Australia were...