The Financial Crisis of 2008

financial crisis of 2007-2008

Introduction The financial crisis of 2008 is also known as the subprime mortgage crisis. It is one the Global Financial Crisis that started from the United States. This crisis had a profound impact on the U.S. and global economies. This crisis resulted in the loss of trillions of dollars, a sharp contraction in economic activities … Read more

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP (AIG) ACCOUNTING SCANDAL

Accounting fraud

Introduction There was a period of extreme economic suffering in the fall of 2008, which was characterized by a general downturn in housing prices, an increase in default rates and seizures, and a sharp decline in the value of home loan securities and other associated instruments. IndyMac Bank and Lehman Brothers, two significant institutions, suffered … Read more

PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK SCAM (Nirav Modi Scam)

Nirav Modi Scam

Punjab National Bank: Profile Punjab National Bank (PNB) is India’s first Swadeshi Bank which started its operations on April 12, 1895 from Lahore. The bank had an authorized capital of Rs. 200,000 and working capital of Rs. 20,000. PNB started the business with the spirit of nationalism where it stood as the first bank purely … Read more