Expansion of US bank population on BvDEP’s BankScope

The Electronic Library

ISSN: 0264-0473

Article publication date: 1 December 2004

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(2004), "Expansion of US bank population on BvDEP’s BankScope", The Electronic Library, Vol. 22 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/el.2004.26322fab.011

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Expansion of US bank population on BvDEP’s BankScope

BankScope, the banking database published by Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing (BvDEP), has increased its US coverage from 1,200 banks to 11,000. This major increase includes thrift banks as well as US holding banks and subsidiaries and takes the total coverage on BankScope to 22,000 banks. The new reports are sourced from the Federal Reserve for the holding banks and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) for the remainder.

The new information, which will be available as an additional regional module, has been added to assist existing and potential clients in the US with their domestic research, credit and business development functions and also to benefit large financial institutions around the world with their international portfolios and investigations.

“BankScope is already used by over 95 per cent of the world’s top banks and is considered the definitive bank research and credit analysis database”, said Claude-Vincent Gillard, product manager for BankScope at BvDEP, adding, “We’re constantly looking at enhancements to benefit our users; this new coverage is an example of how we anticipate and meet users’ needs and strive to maintain BankScope as a pioneering product. The addition of these banks adds another dimension to the way users may wish to employ BankScope”.

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