Credit & Credit Institutions

Through analysing banking systems, this book develops a unique conceptual framework for exploring paradigmatic differences and evolutionary paths a...

In recent years, the European Commission has attached increasing importance to the use of financial engineering instruments rather than traditional...

In recent years, the European Commission has attached increasing importance to the use of financial engineering instruments rather than traditional...

An understanding of personal debt requires an understanding of the complex social systems that produce poverty. By drawing upon international persp...

The 2008 financial crisis and its subsequent economic impacts generated a challenge for national and regional governments across the world. From th...

This volume brings together historians, economists, political scientists, and anthropologists to present a global perspective on the new forms of l...

A guide on how Predictive Analytics is applied and widely used by organizations such as banks, insurance providers, supermarkets and governments to...

Why do lenders time and again loan money to sovereign borrowers who promptly go bankrupt? When can this type of lending work? As the United States ...

Now in its fourth edition, Finance: The Basics is a clear and practical introduction to the world of finance. It thoroughly explains essential fina...

Low income households are faced with various types of risks, increasing their vulnerability to poverty. In Cambodia, conditions of the rural poor -...

Investments in microfinance by institutional investors are growing. The investors benefit from a dual return investment opportunity by balancing fi...

This book explains how financial institutions, such as banks and finance houses, manage their portfolios of credit cards, loans, mortgages and othe...

Euro Crash is a unique analysis of the European Monetary Union, arguing that it was not sub-optimal currency areas or profligate government spendin...

This book analyses and confronts the functioning of guarantee systems for SMEs in countries where these schemes had an important development. The b...

Since the rise of the small-sum lending industry in the 1890s, people on the lowest rungs of the economic ladder in the United States have been ask...

This book delves into the essential concepts and technologies of acquiring systems. It fills the gap left by manuals and standards and provides pra...

Sovereign Debt and Credit Rating Bias rejects the notion that credit rating agencies' rigorous and transparent determination of ratings leaves no r...

Project sponsors in Europe are facing more and more difficulty when acquiring conventional long-term bank loans for infrastructure projects. The re...

In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, there have been many criticisms weighed against private credit rating agencies. Many claim they o...

This book explores the role of the rating system in creditworthiness assessment, looking into its current status, strengths and weaknesses and poss...

The SSBCI provides funding to states, territories, and eligible municipalities to expand existing or to create new state small business investment ...

In the wake of the financial crisis in 2008, historians have turned with renewed urgency to understanding the economic dimension of historical chan...

In the mid-1980s the international development community helped launch what was to quickly become one of the most popular poverty reduction and loc...

A better development and implementation framework for credit risk scorecards Intelligent Credit Scoring presents a business-oriented process for th...