Banks & Banking

Central banks now stand between societies and collapse, but are they still democratic? Two decades of financial crises have dramatically expanded central banks' powers. In 2008, and then again in 2020, unelected banking officials found themselves...

Goldman Sachs, the premier investment bank in the world, was until recently Wall Street's last major private partnership, and significantly more profitable than any of its publicly owned competitors. How it sustained this success for most of its 129...

"The first thing you think is where's the edge, where can I make a bit more money, how can I push, push the boundaries. But the point is, you are greedy, you want every little bit of money that you can possibly get because, like I say, that is how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998814506Author Siddhartha DastidarFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Reading Light PublicationPublisher Reading Light PublicationWeight(grams)...

A New York Times bestseller The Great Deformation is a searing look at Washington's craven response to the recent myriad of financial crises and fiscal cliffs. It counters conventional wisdom with an eighty-year revisionist history of how the American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780912986456Author Edward G GriffinFormat PaperbackPage Count 626Imprint American Media,U.S.Publisher American Media,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250621467Author Oliver BulloughFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Embedded finance is here and having global impact. Are you ready for it? In Embedded Finance: When Payments Become An Experience, veteran growth strategists, entrepreneurs, and fintech disruptors Scarlett Sieber and Sophie Guibaud deliver a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913176396Author Gottfried FederFormat HardbackPage Count 86Imprint Sanctuary Press LtdPublisher Sanctuary Press LtdWeight(grams) 249g

This book provides unique information to prepare graduates and newly hired corporate and investment banking professionals for a career in the global markets environment of large universal and international investment banks. It shows the...

The LIBOR affair has been described as the 'biggest banking scandal in history', a deception affecting not only banks but also corporations, pension funds and ordinary people.But was this just the tip of the iceberg? Was the scandal the work of a few...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101973011Author Daniel SchulmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

In the next wave of conduct regulation in financial markets, from 2021 conduct regulators in the UK and elsewhere expect firms to produce evidence on how they are improving behaviour and culture. Facing this, many practitioners are anxious that their...

Examine the depth and breadth of financial technologyThis comprehensive, hands-on guide is the go-to source for everything you need to confidently navigate the ever-changing scene of this booming industry. FinTech For Dummies will shed light on this...

International Money and Finance, Tenth Edition presents an institutional and historical overview of international finance and international money, illustrating how key economic concepts can illuminate real world problems. Updated throughout, this latest...

The digital age has revolutionized nearly every aspect of our lives, from communication and commerce to entertainment and education. Yet, amid this transformative wave, one industry remains stubbornly entrenched in the past: the property market...

Bitcoin is starting to come into its own as a digital currency, but the blockchain technology behind it could prove to be much more significant. This book takes you beyond the currency ("Blockchain 1.0") and smart contracts ("Blockchain 2.0") to...

Asset-Liability and Liquidity Management distils the author's extensive experience in the financial industry, and ALM in particular, into concise and comprehensive lessons. Each of the topics are covered with a focus on real-world applications, based on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781470145637Author Susan GrosseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpace

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800310629Author Carl OlssonFormat PaperbackPage Count 490Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams)...

An incisive analysis of the state of the global economy and what the future holds.Surrounded by sluggish growth, high rates of unemployment, rising inequality, growing financial instability and increased social tensions, pessimism about our future...

Written by a leading figure in the field, this third edition of the Principles of Banking Law provides an authoritative account of the subject, incorporating all significant changes in banking law, regulation and practice that have occurred since the...

Bank Liquidity Creation and Financial Crises delivers a consistent, logical presentation of bank liquidity creation and addresses questions of research and policy interest that can be easily understood by readers with no advanced or specialized industry...

'A compelling portrait of early 21st-century casino capitalism ... essential reading.' - The Times On 13 September 2007, Robert Peston broke the news that Northern Rock had become a victim of the global credit crunch and was seeking an emergency loan...

__________*Picked by the Financial Times as a Best Read of 2021*'Impressive and inspiring' Financial Times 'I have no intention of making small bets' - Masayoshi SonIn order to understand what's happening in Silicon Valley, you just need to look at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907720376Author Professor Simon DixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Searching Finance LtdPublisher Searching Finance LtdWeight(grams)...

Compliance is a fundamental control function within regulated industries globally. This book provides an expert introduction to corporate compliance using cases, examples and insights from the financial services sector and beyond.The author, an...

The advent of digital stablecoins and the continuing decline of cash are prompting central banks across the world to explore developing their own digital currencies. Although few have launched so far, the potential for central bank digital currency...

For almost a hundred years from the 1860s, the City of London's overseas banks financed the global trade that lay at the core of the British Empire. Foremost among them from the beginning were two start-up ventures: the Standard Bank of South Africa,...

Allan H. Meltzer's critically acclaimed history of the Federal Reserve is the most ambitious, most intensive, and most revealing investigation of the subject ever conducted. Its first volume, published to widespread critical acclaim, spanned the period...

In 25 concise steps, you will learn the basics of blockchain technology. No mathematical formulas, program code, or computer science jargon are used. No previous knowledge in computer science, mathematics, programming, or cryptography is required...

A bold history of the rise of central banks, showing how institutions designed to steady the ship of global finance have instead become as destabilizing as they are dominant.While central banks have gained remarkable influence over the past fifty years,...

The risk of counterparty default in banking, insurance, institutional, and pension-fund portfolios is an area of ongoing and increasing importance for finance practitioners. It is, unfortunately, a topic with a high degree of technical complexity...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932595796Author Joseph P. FarrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.Weight(grams) 417g

Managers can deploy and manage economic capital more effectively when they understand how their decisions add value to their organizations. Economic Capital: How It Works and What Every Manager Needs to Know presents new ways to define, measure, and...

At the summit of his power, John Law was the most famous man in Europe. Born in Scotland in 1671, he was convicted of murder in London and, after his escape from prison, fled Scotland for the mainland when Union with England brought with it a warrant for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802144652Author Ron ChernowFormat PaperbackPage Count 848Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250754400Author Jake BernsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm * 25mm

When the first rumblings of the coming financial crisis were heard in August 2007, three men who were never elected to public office suddenly became the most powerful men in the world. They were the leaders of the world's three most important central...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956663504Author Ramin Charles NakisaFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint Chesham Bois PublishingPublisher Chesham Bois PublishingWeight(grams) 892g