Banking

Starting with Medici and Fugger and ending with Barings and Royal Bank of Scotland under neo-liberal de-regulation, the author gives an account of ...

Many books have addressed the economic and financial history of Hong Kong, and the imperialist conflicts in the key Chinese port-cities but very fe...

The United States has two separate banking systems todayone serving the well-to-do and another exploiting everyone else. How the Other Half Banks c...

An eye-opening account of the failures of our financial system, the sources of its staying power, and the path to meaningful economic reform.   Ban...

The Grameen Bank of Bangladesh has successfully lent small sums to poor women for income generation. This empirical study examines the programme's ...

Islamic finance has emerged to meet the financial needs of people who seek a different approach to conventional banking and finance. Due to its lat...

Environmental finance and green banking are central drivers of the transition to a sustainable economy and essential components in solutions to cli...

Islamic Financial Economy and Islamic Banking, is a thorough, deeply conceptual, analytical and applied work in the area of epistemological foundat...

Jean-Baptiste Say (17671832) was one of the first great economists to have laid down the foundations of economic science. Author of the famous Trea...

The increasing capital flows in the emerging markets and developed countries have raised various concerns worldwide. One main concern is the impact...

This title was first published in 2003. In this volume of essays - based on papers delivered to 2001 conference, International Banking and Financia...

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of central banks, and aims to demystify them for the general public, which is the only way to have a rati...

Chinese state banks, which were considered technically insolvent in the 1990s, are at present among the largest and most important banks in the wor...

A stable and sound financial system plays a critical role in mediating funds from surplus units to investors, making it a prerequisite for economic...

Political risk was first introduced as a component for assessing risk not directly linked to economic factors following the flow of capital from th...

This comprehensive guide serves to illuminate the rise and development of FinTech in Sweden, with the Internet as the key underlying driver. The mu...

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on ho...

This book analyses the formation of the Spanish banking system. It provides a general overview of European financial systems in operation during th...

This book studies the information spillover among financial markets and explores the intraday effect and ACD models with high frequency data. This ...

Mobile financial services (MFS) are of major interest and importance to both researchers and practitioners. The role played by nonbanking actors in...

There can be no doubt that the influence of the financial sphere has intensified rapidly in recent years, but there is much debate about the effect...

Already in just a decade of existence, cryptocurrencies have been the worlds best-performing financial asset, outperforming stocks, bonds, commodit...

Ever since the 20078 global financial crisis and its aftermath, Hyman Minskys theory has never been more relevant. Throughout his career, Jan Krege...

The 2008 financial crisis led the whole world to ask questions of the financial industry. Why are wages in the financial industry so high? Are bonu...

This book provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of research outcomes on the equity home bias puzzle that people overinvest in domestic st...

This book showcases recent academic work on contemporary issues in financial institutions and markets. It covers a broad range of topics, highlight...

First published in 1921, this book is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of economics to beginners, with only the more intricate and cont...

This book presents a comparative analysis of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBMA) in terms of competitive framework and procedures between ...

An inside look at what it really takes to become a better trader A proprietary trading firm consists of a group of professionals who trade the cap...

This book provides a comprehensive look at banking-as-a-service (Baas), equipping readers with an understanding of the origins, evolution, future, ...