Banks category: 2128 books
Sabotage
The Hidden Nature of Finance
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2020
A fierce denunciation of the practices and principles underlying the financial industry and a history of how we got here--from two professors expert in the workings of financial markets and offshore tax havens
The fundamental motive for financial innovation is not to make the system work better,...
The Banking Crisis (RLE Banking & Finance)
The End of an Epoch
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
This volume presents a clear and concise explanation of why the American banking crisis of 1933 occurred. The bulk of the book analyses the actual events of the final major panic which was ushered in by the closing down of the banks in the State of Michigan on February 14, 1933. The following three...
New Perspectives on Emotions in Finance
The Sociology of Confidence, Fear and Betrayal
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
The financial crisis that started in 2007 is a concern for the world. Some countries are in depression and governments are desperately trying to find solutions. In the absence of thorough debate on the emotions of money, bitter disputes, hatred and ‘moralizing’ can be misunderstood. New Perspectives...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
This book presents contributions by leading academics and practitioners from central banks to shed light on the function and impact of cash in Asian countries. It explores the impact of cash on society, the role of cash in monetary policy, and the future of cash in various monetary systems, contrasting...
by Jorge Mr. Canales Kriljenko, Cem Mr. Karacadag, Roberto Guimarães
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2006
Despite increasing exchange rate flexibility, central banks in emerging markets still intervene in their foreign exchange markets for several reasons. In doing so, they face many operational questions, including on the degree of transparency and the choice of markets and counterparties. This paper...
Breaking Digital Gridlock
Improving Your Bank's Digital Future by Making Technology Changes Now
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Strategic technology strategy for smaller financial institutions
Breaking Digital Gridlock empowers credit unions and community banks to make the shift to digital—even without a seven-figure consulting budget. From leadership, to technology, to security, and more, this book provides effective,...
Lending Power
How Self-Help Credit Union Turned Small-Time Loans into Big-Time Change
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Established by Martin Eakes and Bonnie Wright in North Carolina in 1980, the nonprofit Center for Community Self-Help has grown from an innovative financial institution dedicated to civil rights into the nation's largest home lender to low- and moderate-income borrowers. Self-Help's first capital...
Bringing Down the Banking System
Lessons from Iceland
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
The combined collapse of Iceland's three largest banks in 2008 is the third largest bankruptcy in history and the largest banking system collapse suffered by any country in modern economic history, relative to GDP. How could tiny Iceland build a banking system in less than a decade that proportionally...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
This book offers a comparative analysis of credit cooperative systems across 23 European countries. Cooperative banking has an important place in the financial, economic and social life of most European countries, and while cooperative banks, credit mutuals, credit cooperatives and credit unions share...
Banking Modern America
Studies in regulatory history
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
The passage of the National Currency Act of 1863 gave the United States its first uniform paper money, its first nationally chartered and supervised commercial banks, and its first modern regulatory agency: the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The law marked a milestone in the development...
Investment Banking
Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers and Acquisitions
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
Investment Banking, UNIVERSITY EDITION is a highly accessible and authoritative book written by investment bankers that explains how to perform the valuation work at the core of the financial world. This body of work builds on Rosenbaum and Pearl’s combined 30+ years of experience on a multitude...
Working the Street
What You Need to Know About Life on Wall Street
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Written by a former Managing Director at Merrill Lynch, Working the Street is the resource for readers hoping to build a successful career on Wall Street. It is not a "how-to" career book or a job guide. It doesn't tell the reader who to contact for a job or what classes to take to prepare...
by Christian Felber
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
This book advocates a holistic reform of the current monetary and financial system dealing with the issues of money creation, central banks, loans, stock markets, tax justice, pension security and the international monetary system - “Bretton Woods II”. Its innovative approach presents several...
The European Banking Union
A Critical Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
Why did European policy-makers introduce the Banking Union? Which are its main features? How does it affect banks and their customers? This book tries to answer these questions, by providing a clear description of the building blocks of the banking union, and by discussing the issues that still remain unanswered.