• EFFECTIVE INTERNAL CONTROL OF FRAUDS IN BANKS A CASE STUDY OF COMMERCIAL AND MERCHANT BANKS IN NIGERIA


  • You can get the complete material / full content @ a service support fee of ₦4,500.00(10-USDT) only

    Download This Material Now !!

    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTEver since banking evolved, banks have come to be seen as one of the few places where one’s treasures can be kept without fear of theft. As a result bankers all over the world were and still are seen as repositories of trust and fidelity.However, in the recent past, the integrity of bankers and the banking industry in Nigeria have come into question. An epidemic called fraud has hit the banking industry. This fraud has led to the loss of confidence by the public in banking institutions.The incidence of fraud is universal and permeates the society as a whole. However, for this st ... Continue Reading

         

      APPENDIX A - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]APPENDIX IICOMPUTATIONS FOR HYPOTHESIS ONEThe profit of your bank before this particular period as in (4) as compared with that of the period, did it show(a)    An increase?    (b) Economic Recession(c)    Others (specify)    (d) Don’t knowFrom experience, what type of bank has more incidence of fraud?(a)    Commercial Bank    (b) Merchant Banks(c)    Development banksState why brieflyDo you have an internal control system in your bank?(a)    Yes effective    (b) Effective(c)    Fairly Effective    (d) Ineffective ... Continue Reading

         

      QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]QUESTIONNAIREHave you ever learnt of fraud in the banking industry?(a)    Yes(b)    No(c)    Don’t    knowHow regular have you had cases of and in our bank?(a)    Always(b)    Fairly always(c ) Sometime(d) Seldom    (e)    Not at allFrom your experience, which category of employees engage, more in fraud?(a) Management    (b) Supervisors(c) Clerks and Cashiers    (d) Messengers, Drivers etc.In your own opinion, do you think that fraud in your bank is usually a result of collusion between?(a) Management and Supervisors   (b) Supervisors,Clerks and Cashiers ... Continue Reading

         

      APPENDIX C - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]APPENDIX 4COMPUTATIONS FOR HYPOTHESIS THREE ... Continue Reading

         

      APPENDIX B - [ Total Page(s): 2 ] ... Continue Reading

         

      LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLE    PAGE2.1.    Returns of commercial banks on frauds and forgeries, 1989.2.2.    Return of merchant Banks on frauds and forgeries, 1989.2.3.    Return of all banks on frauds and forgeries, 19892.4.    Number of commercial banks operating in Nigeria as at Dec. 1994.2.5.    Number of merchant banks operating in Nigeria as Dec. 19942.6.    Typology of frauds3.1.    Failed banks in as at 19943.2.    Response rate to questionnaire4.1.    Knowledge of frauds in the banking industry4.2.    Regularity of bank fraud4.3.    Category of staff engaging mor ... Continue Reading

         

      LIST OF FIGURES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF FIGURES4.1.    Regularity of Bank frauds4.2.    Category of staff engaging more in frauds4.3.    Effect of fraud on profit of banks4.4.    Effectiveness of internal control systems in banks4.5.    Effectiveness of respondents bank with other banks. ... Continue Reading

         

      APPENDIX D - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]APPENDIX 5COMPUTATION FOR HYPOTHESIS FOUR ... Continue Reading

         

      TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTPageTitle page    Certification    Dedication     Acknowledgment   Abstract    Table of content     List of table     CHAPTER ONE1.1.    Introduction   1.2.    Statement of problems    1.3.    Objective of the study     1.4.    Hypothesis     1.5.    Significance of study   1.6.    Limitations and scope of study    CHAPTER TWO2.0.    Literature review     2.1.    Restatement of the study     2.2.    Meaning of fraud in the banking Industry    2.3.    Sources and causes of bank frauds     2.3.1 ... Continue Reading

         

      VITA - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]VITADIMEJESI, TIM IFESINACHI was born to Mr. and Mrs. Okpalanozie Dimejesi hail from Uga in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. Being one of the nine surviving children of the family, he was born after the Nigeria civil war in Uga in Aguata Local Government Area Anambra State in 1993.Dimejesi Tim Ifesinachi was employed in Union Bank of Nigeria in 1984 as a clerk and after a year with them, he got admitted into the University while in School, he had done his industrial training programmes with Lever Brother Plc and Nigeria Airways Ltd. During his youth service he was Assistant Accou ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]CHAPTER ONE1.1.    INTRODUCTIONBanks, especially commercial banks, are the major mobilizers of saving in any economic system by offering savings facilities to the public. Some of the functions of the banks include the acceptance of deposits from the public and channeling such deposits to the deficit sectors of the economy who are in need of inventible funds. These two related and dependent functions bring the banks face to face with the public who come to obtain their services. This implies that banks attend to a large number of customers who they may not, most of the time, personally know, ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 12 ]TABLE 2.5NUBMER    OF    MERCHANT    BANK    OPERATING    IN    NIGERIA    AS DECEMBER 1994.1.    Abacus Merchant Bank ltd2.    A’B C Merchant Bank Nigeria ltd3.    Afrbank International ltd4.    Alpha Merchant Bank ltd5.    Centre point Merchant Bank ltd6.    Century Merchant Bank ltd7.    Citi Trust Merchant Bank ltd8.    Comet Merchant Bank ltd9.    Contintal Merchant Bank ltd10.    Cown Merchant Bank ltd11.    Devcon Merchant Bank ltd,12.    FBN (Merchant Bankers)ltd13.    Fidelity Union Merchant14.    Financial Merchant ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]3.4.    VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF MEASURING INSTRUMENTSValidity of a measuring instrument refers to the degree to which an instrument (test) measures what it is supposed to measure, while reliability refers to the degree to which an instrument (test) consistently measure what it is supposed to measure.In the present study, both validity and rdlianility of the measuring instruments have been ensured.1.    The questions contained in the questionnaire have been structured to elicit the exact information needed by the researcher to make the study.2.    The researcher personally administ ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 15 ]We can represent this data in a pie chart as shown below: Figure 4.3 category of staff congaing more inForm the above data, most of the respondents were of the view that clerks and cashiers were the category most prone to engage in fraud. This is not surprising because the cashiers for instance, handle raw cash over the counter and the temptation to commit fraud will come to them more than other that deal with ordinary papers. Furthermore, for the fact that a majority of people in their cadre receive small salary as a result of their low educational qualification the clerks and cashers may rep ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]CHAPTER FIVE5.0    FINDINGS RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION5.1    FINDINGSHaving collected and analyzed data pertaining to the present study, the researcher found the following:i. Fraud is know to all banks in the banking industry of Nigeria, as earlier stated in the literature review, fraud is universal as cases of it are reported in almost all fields of human endeavour. Thus, the researcher was not surprised that when it was found that all the respondents that answered the questionnaire were aware fraud in banking industry.ii Fraud occurs mainly sometimes in the banking industry, Even t ... Continue Reading

         

      REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]REFERENCES1.    Prof G.O Nwankwo Bank management principles and practice (Matt house pushing UK limited 1991)2.    Achebe C. the trouble with Nigeria.3.    Fourth Dimension publishing company, Enugu, 1985,4.    Adegbite S.I Fraud in Banks” Nigeria institute of Banker (landmark publications Lagos 1986)5.    Adekanye F. “fraud in Banking transactions. The Nigerian Bank Vol. 6 No 1 19866.    Ademji O.A the law and practice of banking in Nigeria (University of life press No – life, 1981).7.    Adewunmi W., “Frauds in Banks. An over view of frauds in ba ... Continue Reading