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Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. [1] Nationalization contrasts with privatization and with demutualization.
The bank will be run at 'arm's length' as a commercial business and sold to a private buyer in the future. [86] 2008 Bradford & Bingley (mortgage book only) - announced by Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer on 29 September 2008. The loans part of the company was nationalised, while the commercial bank was sold. [87]
The Bank Nationalisation Case, also called Bank of New South Wales v Commonwealth (1948) 76 CLR 1, is a 1948 decision of the High Court of Australia (upheld on appeal to the Privy Council) that invalidated Chifley government legislation that attempted to nationalise the private banking sector.
Several major news organizations are reporting that about ten of the 19 banks that have gone through government "stress tests" will have to raise capital. Most analysts already believe that ...
A second round of nationalizations of six more commercial banks followed in 1980. The stated reason for the nationalization was to give the government more control of credit delivery. With the second round of nationalizations, the Government of India controlled around 91% of the banking business of India.
Another example is a nationalization in which the nation in which the company is headquartered buys sufficient shares of the company to obtain a controlling interest. Usually, incumbent equity-holders lose control. The reasons for nationalization may include: Saving a very valuable company from bankruptcy; Confiscation of assets; Executing ...
The private company that processes many bank-to-bank electronic transfers said a 'processing error' last week led to payment delays on roughly 850,000 transactions. ... Business. Entertainment ...
The total GDP per capita stood between 8.4% (in the 1970s) and 8.3% (in 1993–96), periods of nationalisation.. The nationalisation process in Pakistan [1] (or historically simply regarded as the "Nationalisation in Pakistan") was a policy measure programme in the economic history of Pakistan that negatively impacted the country's industrialization and undermined the trust of businessmen and ...