The Business of Banking (Paperback)

The Business of Banking Book Description

This is a succinct and user-friendly guide to the transformation of the financial services industry. It provides an easy to follow account of the changing financial services environment and examines the radical impact of downsizing, technology and regulation.

As well as an increasing diversity of companies selling financial products the industry is also coming to terms with and starting to benefit from technology as a means of marketing itself and establishing a relationship with its customers. This up-to-date description of financial institutions, systems and markets alongside an introduction to payments systems, lending and the law makes this a unique introductory text.

The Business of Banking is an ideal book for any student of business and finance. It is based on a text which has been used for several years by student on an introductory course run as part of a Business and Finance degree at Loughborough University.

This special low-priced edition is for sale in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan and Sri Lanka only.

About the Author(s):
Geoffrey Lipscombe B.Sc. (Eco.) FCIB is a former Economic Adviser to Lloyds Bank and is the Institute of Financial Services Chief Examiner for Economics and the Banks Role in the Economy. He is editor of The new Financial Review and formerly worked closely with the Banking Information Service.


Keith Pond B.Sc., ACIB, M.Phil., MICM, ILTM is a former Manager with Midland Bank and was Midland Group Visiting Fellow at Loughborough University from 1986 to 1989 where he is now a full-time lecturer is banking and economics. He is an Institute of Financial Services tutor, and Assignment writer and Chief Examiner for the Institute of Credit Management final stage paper Legal Proceedings and Insolvency.

Contents:
What is Banking all about?

Money

More about Money

The Recent History of Banking and Finance

Banks, Building Societies and Insurance Companies

The City of London and the Bank of England

The Banker-Customer Relationship

Customers and Accounts

Payment Methods

Funds Transfer: Cheques and the Clearing Systems

The Collecting Bank and the Paying Bank

Elementary Lending

Elementary Security for Lending

Bankers and Insolvency

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