CLEARING AS A MEANS OF SUSTAINING BANK AND SUPPRESSING FRAUD: A CASE STUDY OF U. B. A. MAIN BRANCH ENUGU

69 PAGES (7660 WORDS) Banking and Finance Project
ABSTRACT
A survey research was made in carrying this project, clearing department as a profit generating department in banking institution.
This research was carried out to reveal clearing as means of sustaining banks and suppressing frauds.  The population size of the study comprises of all staff of Enugu main branch of United Bank for Africa PLC (UBA), which were 98 staff.  And the sample size for the study was 79 staff.
Hypothetical statements were used to find out whether the clearing as a means of sustaining bank and suppressing fraud in banking institution.  These were about identifying whether clearing department really to describe how clearing department contribute in the profit of the banking institution, as was gotten from the questionnaires distributed to the staff..  from the result after the analysis it was concluded that clearing department should be known as one of profit generating departments in banking institution in general and United Bank of Africa PLC Enugu main branch in particular.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Title pagei
Approval pageii
Dedicationiii
Acknowledgementiv
Table of contentsv
List of tablesix
Abstractx

CHAPTER ONE
1.0Introduction1
1.1Background of the study
1.2Objectives of the study
1.3Research questions
1.4Statement of hypotheses
1.5Scope and limitation of the study
1.6Significance of the study
1.7Definition of terms

CHAPTER TWO
Literature Review
2.1Overview of milestone in the development of clearing systems
2.2Classification of clearing cheques
2.3The various methods of clearing cheques and other financial documents
2.4Correspondent banking clearing
2.5General principle of cheque presentation and clearing.
2.6The authorized clearing system in Nigeria
2.7Empirical framework
2.8Summary of related reviewed literature

CHAPTER THREE
Methodology
3.1Research Design
3.2Area of study
3.3Population of the study
3.4Sample size determination
3.5Instrument for data collection
3.6Validity of the instrument
3.7Reliability of the instrument
3.8Method of data collection
3.9Method of data analysis.

CHAPTER FOUR
4.1Data presentation, analysis & Results.

CHAPTER FIVE
5.1Discussion of Results
5.2Conclusion
5.3Recommendation
5.4Suggestion for further research result
5.5Limitation of the study
References
Appendix