Banks category: 2128 books
by Hong Kong Institute of Bankers (HKIB)
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
An in-depth look at how banks and financial institutions manage assets and liabilities
Created for banking and finance professionals with a desire to expand their management skillset, this book focuses on how banks manage assets and liabilities, set up governance structures to minimize risks,...
by S. C. Acharya, A. K. Mohanty
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2006
This book divided into six chapters contain is inter alia the analysis of the purpose and logic of the already existing credit institutions, their strengths and weaknesses in achieving the goals for which they were setup, the changing environment which necessitates the setting up of new institutions...
Political Economy and Industrialism
Banks in Saint-Simonian Economic Thought
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
The French philosopher and economist Saint-Simon (1760–1825) propounded a new political, economic and social order in which the quest for economic efficiency and social justice led to putting the workers at the forefront. On his death, his disciples worked to preserve his thought and developed it...
Multilateral Banks and the Development Process
Vital Links in the Results Chain
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. When the links in the chain represent development projects, if individual projects fail to achieve their purpose, the development program's effectiveness is compromised. When the chain's links are strong and well-connected, the results are improved for...
Priority Rule Violations and Perverse Banking Behaviors
Theoretical Analysis and Implications of the 1990s Japanese Loan Markets
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
This book theoretically and empirically explores why Japanese banks engaged in seemingly contradictory behaviors in the 1990s, namely, the credit crunch and evergreening, i.e., inefficient additional lending. A credit crunch occurs when banks are unwilling to finance good and efficient projects. ...
by Claudio Scardovi, Alessia Bezzecchi
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
This book deals directly with the risk/return multiple trade-offs coming out of the closely intertwined relationship between banking and real estate. The authors explore how banks could embrace a more proactive approach to make the most of their, mostly ‘long only’, exposure to real estate, and...
by Luigi Wewege
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Over the past decade financial service innovations have contributed to a completely new way in which customers can bank, threatening the status quo of traditional retail banks, and redefining a banking model which has been in place for generations. These new technological advancements have facilitated...
SME Finance and the Economic Crisis
The Case of Greece
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2019
This book analyses the financing problems of Greek small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), within a liberalized financial system and within an economic environment of fiscal and monetary constraints. Using recent data covering a ten-year period, the main aim of the research is to explain the interdependence...
The Digital Banking Revolution
How financial technology companies are rapidly transforming the traditional retail banking industry through disruptive innovation.
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Over the past decade financial service innovations have contributed to a completely new way in which customers can bank, threatening the status quo of traditional retail banks, and redefining a banking model which has been in place for generations. These new technological advancements have facilitated...
A Nation of Deadbeats
An Uncommon History of America's Financial Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
The story of America is a story of dreamers and defaulters. It is also a story of dramatic financial panics that defined the nation, created its political parties, and forced tens of thousands to escape their creditors to new towns in Texas, Florida, and California. As far back as 1792, these...
The New Lombard Street
How the Fed Became the Dealer of Last Resort
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2010
Walter Bagehot's Lombard Street, published in 1873 in the wake of a devastating London bank collapse, explained in clear and straightforward terms why central banks must serve as the lender of last resort to ensure liquidity in a faltering credit system. Bagehot's book set down the principles that...
The Color of Money
Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
In 1863 black communities owned less than 1 percent of total U.S. wealth. Today that number has barely budged. Mehrsa Baradaran pursues this wealth gap by focusing on black banks. She challenges the myth that black banking is the solution to the racial wealth gap and argues that black communities can never accumulate wealth in a segregated economy.
by Robert Spinelli
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
* Are you new to blockchain technology? While you might be familiar with Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency, the words - Blockchain and blockchain programming can be intimidating for some. Inside this comprehensive Blockchain for dummies guide, you will acquire all the necessary information that you need....
The Secret Club That Runs the World
Inside the Fraternity of Commodity Traders
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
“Commodity players are a shrewd and indomitable lot. And the contracts they trade are still so loosely regulated that the correct combination of money and skill creates irresistible opportunity. That’s why I’m only half joking when I call them the secret club that runs the world.”
When...