Commercial banking overview
Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year
Subject: Management of Financial Institutions (FIN 255)
Unit 4: Commercial Banks
Academic Year: 2083/84
Topic Objectives
After studying this topic, students should be able to:
- Explain the scope and key elements of commercial banking overview.
- Apply the relevant financial concepts or calculations and explain their assumptions, risks and analytical limits.
Curriculum Scope
- Overview of commercial banks
- Size and structure of commercial bank
- Functions of commercial banks
Detailed Microsyllabus
Commercial-bank overview
- Functions and service relationships.
- Funding and asset activities.
- Institutional operating model.
Size and structure
- Use dated official statistics.
- Compare consistent measures.
- Explain sector or organizational differences.
Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 86–88.
Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.