Vývoj komerčního bankovnictví v ČR v letech 1989 - 2011

The aim of the thesis is to analyze the development of commercial banking in the Czech Republic in 1989 - 2011. Financial institutions of the banking sector will be divided into four groups, each of these groups will be then analyzed separately. At the end there is a comparison of banks, which were originally state-owned, and those that were already established as a joint-stock company. The topic of the development of commercial banking in the Czech Republic can be considered up to date with regard to the recent development of commercial banking in other countries of the European Union. The theoretical part of the thesis will focus on the general theory of banking, describe the structure of financial markets and define bank as an economic entity. In the second part of the first chapter concepts related to the transformation of the economy will be explained. The analytical part will deal with the actual development of the banking sector in the Czech Republic. Firstly, the Czech banking sector in 1989 will be defined. Then an analysis of four groups of the banking sector will be done - banks, which were originally state-owned, those, which originated as a joint stock company, but are not operating on the market any more, banks that originated as a joint-stock company and still operate today and the fourth group are branches of foreign banks on the Czech banking market.