Nowadays, many bank cards are smart cards (i.e. integrated-circuit cards) based on the EMV specifications for payment systems. This paper specifies how biometric on-card verification can be integrated into EMV debit and credit cards in a backwards-compatible way. The biometric verification does not change the EMV transaction flow outside the cardholder-verification step. The proposed payment sy...

0. Introduction 1. AidTrans Project 2. I.D.S. Japanese Reading Course 3. Multiple-path Predictive Analysis 4. Sentence-for-sentence Analyser 5. English Output 6. Other Language Pairs 7. Japanese Script I/O 8. Automatic Integrated Dictionary Compiler 9. Automatic Integrated Dictionary 10. Man-aided Translating Machine 11. Japanese-English Teaching Machine 12. Japanese-English Scientific & Techni...

This paper analyzes productivity with a directional distance function model by investigating convexity and non-convexity in the Chinese banking sector. Two primary findings are summarized. First, there is a distinct change in productivity between large versus small banks and public versus nationwide joint-stock banks; the economies of scale and public orientation of the Chinese economy affect t...

One of the most important applications of data envelopment analysis tech-nique is measuring the efficiency of bank branches. Performance measure-ment in the banking industry is important for several groups, including bank managers, customers, investors, and shareholders. The purpose of this study is to examine and design a mixed structure to measure the efficiency of branches of Iranian banks a...

This paper examines the optimal mix and priority structure of bank and market debt using a tax shield-bankruptcy cost tradeoff model where the only unique feature of banks is their ability to renegotiate. Closed-form expressions are derived for the values of renegotiable bank debt, non-renegotiable market debt, equity, and levered firm values. Optimal debt structure hinges upon ex post bargaini...

in this paper, based on a new keynesian structure, we have analyzed monetary policy response to exchange rate volatilities in iran. for this purpose, first, exchange rate derived from equilibrium condition in exchange market and then two different models have been estimated. assumption on the first model is that central bank responses to exchange rate volatilities and the assumption on the seco...

The issue of credit risk and deferred bank claims is one of the sensitive issues of banking industry, which can be considered as the main cause of bank failures. In recent years, the economic slowdown accompanied by inflation in Iran has led to an increase in deferred bank claims that could put the country's banking system in serious trouble. Accordingly, the current paper presents a prediction...