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Books on: (Banking or bank) and History

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Why Are There So Many Banking Crises? The Politics and Policy of Bank Regulation

Book by Jean-Charles Rochet; Princeton University Press, 2008

Subjects:

Bank Failures--Government Policy, Banks And Banking--State Supervision, Lenders Of Last Resort

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...criteria for deciding when a bank has to be bailed out for systemic...frequency and magnitude of recent banking crises is neither deposit...for bailing out insolvent banks. The remedy to political pressures on bank supervisors is not to substitute...Leading indicator models of banking crises: a critical review...53. FDIC. 1998. A Brief History of Deposit Insurance in the...
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State Banking in Early America: A New Economic History

Book by Howard Bodenhorn; Oxford University Press, 2003

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Banks And Banking--United States--History, Banks And Banking--United States--State Supervision

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...capture differences in the size of the banking sector or its relative competitiveness under the two regimes. Just because most bank assets were located in well-populated...not imply that an appropriate number of banks existed. A second approach to determine whether free banking improved the allocation of bank capital, and one more in tune with economic...
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Kleinwort, Benson: A History of Two Families in Banking

Book by Jehanne Wake; Oxford University, 1997

Subjects:

Bankers--Europe--Biography, Germany--Genealogy, Great Britain--Genealogy, Kleinwort Benson Lonsdale (Firm), Merchant Banks--Europe--History, Merchants--Europe--Biography

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...largely due to the influx of overseas banks attracted by the Euromarkets, who discovered...per cent. As the recognized leading banking merchant bank, however, KBs business in the 1960s...process, to influence the culture of the banking division. Although KB was a public...products of an old-fashioned approach to banking, and the division in the main still...
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Unsettled Account: The Evolution of Banking in the Industrialized World since 1800

Book by Richard S. Grossman; Princeton University Press, 2010

Subjects:

Bank Failures, Banks And Banking--Government Policy, Banks And Banking--History, Financial Crises

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Policy and Central Banking in Japan . Cambridge...2004). Are Branch Banks Better Survivors...Mitchener (2006). Branch Banking, Bank Competition, and Financial...Banking in America: A History . Cambridge, MA...1995). Commercial Banks in Twentieth-Century...Capitals of Capital: A History of International Financial...1968). The Second Bank of the United States...Gambera (2001). Banking Market Structure...
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Banking, Currency, and Finance in Europe between the Wars

Book by Charles H. Feinstein; Clarendon Press, 1995

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Bank Failures--Europe--History--20th Century, Banks And Banking--Europe--History--20th Century, Europe--History--1918-1945, Finance--Europe--History--20th Century

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...as well. After the years of wildcat banking, the Bank of Italy thought it advisable to take...force--a reduction in the number of banks through mergers, acquisitions, and...natural too for this sound central banking policy to be met with heavy opposition...interests were allowed to interfere with banking policy, at least in one instance it...This was the case of the Catholic banks. These were mostly small or medium...The Banco di Roma , the third largest bank in the country, traditionally very...

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Journal Articles on: (Banking or bank) and History

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Banking's 150-Year Club: Banks Large and Small Helped Weave-Often with Colorful Strands-The Tapestry of American History

Journal article by Steve Cocheo; ABA Banking Journal, Vol. 97, 2005

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Banking industry--Achievements and awards, Banking industry--Reports, Citibank N.A. (New York, New York)--Achievements and awards, Farmers and Mechanics Bank--Achievements and awards, The Bank of New York--Achievements and awards

Collections: History, Entire Library

...necessary separation of banking and commerce. The...In the words of the banks history: "Cash was scarce...long way, and the Bank of Dwight began in...dinner." Dont let history fall by the wayside...many pages of notable banking history. As banks combine with each other, entire blocks of banking evolution are being...Journal invites your bank--if 100 years old...
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Lessons from a Laissez-faire Payments System: the Suffolk Banking System (1825-58) / Commentary

Journal article by Arthur J. Rolnick, Bruce D. Smith, Warren E. Weber, Randall S. Kroszner; Review - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Vol. 80, 1998

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Banking industry, Banks, Boston Massachusetts, History, Laissez faire, Monopolies, New England states, Payment systems, Structured notes, Studies, Suffolk Bank of Boston, United States

Collections: History, Entire Library

...next section, we present the history of the Suffolk Bank as it evolved from an ordinary Boston bank into a note-clearing bank for all New England. There, we document the Suffolk Banks extraordinary profits by showing...the period that the Suffolk Banking System was in operation, and...
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Bank Goes All out for 100th Anniversary

Journal article; ABA Banking Journal, Vol. 83, 1991

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Banking industry--History, Copiah Bank N.A.--History

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...original stockholder of the bank, to produce illustrations of...and buildings central to the history of the bank and its community as they looked...sent to other bankers, all the banks stockholders, and other "folks...calendar. The $62 million-asset bank also had the original drawings...
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Banking Systems and Economic Growth: Lessons from Britain and Germany in Pre-world War I Era / Commentary

Journal article by Caroline Fohlin, Peter Temin; Review - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Vol. 80, 1998

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Banking industry, Business growth, Commercial banks, Economic growth, Germany, Germany-pre-1945, History, Regulation of financial institutions, Securities industry, Studies, United Kingdom

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the beginning of financial history. Such attention has been...Much of the debate over banking reform in the United States...Britain that the universal banking systems of Germany and Japan...The structure of the German banks, in particular, has been...before World War I. Universal banking, because it combines all...This study uses aggregate bank balance sheet data to investigate...
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Perspectives on Canadian Bank Insolvency during the 1930s

Journal article by Lawrence Kryzanowski, Gordon S. Roberts; Journal of Money, Credit & Banking, Vol. 31, 1999

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Bank failures--Research, Banking industry--History, Canada--History

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...losses incurred prior to bank failure) average about 20 percent of the failed banks assets at the time of failure...value loan losses occur in banking practice; second, they...S. Roberts. "Canadian Banking Solvency, 1922-1940." Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking 25 (August 1993, Part 1...Institutional Responses to Bank Failure: A Comparative Case...Liability of Bank Shareholders: History and Implications." Wake...

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Magazine Articles on: (Banking or bank) and History

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Bailout Baloney - Banking: The Bailout of Banks Has Been Hailed as a Success-Not Only Did Big Banks Not Fail, but Some Banks Are Repaying Their Loans-But the Facts Don't Exactly Support the Kudos

Magazine article by Charles Scaliger; The New American, Vol. 26, March 1, 2010

Subjects:

Bank bailouts--Evaluation, Banking industry--Government finance

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...been acquired by healthier banks, the FDIC is clearly worried...expects 2010 to be a peak for bank failures as a result of the financial crisis. Last year, 140 banks failed, compared to 25 in...expects the total bill for bank failures to reach $100 billion...be long delayed--for the banking sector. Much of this is not...ends up being called in the history books) is that modern economic...
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Banking in Africa: The Changing Role of Foreign Banks

Magazine article by Emmannualle Moors De Giorgio; African Business, April 1999

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Africa--Services, Banking industry--Africa, Commercial banks, Foreign banks--Management, International banking--Management

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...and there from other German banks. The absence of either a colonial or trading history with Africa has not stopped Irelands Allied Irish Bank from stepping in boldly after...experience of established foreign banks, nor the local knowledge of indigenous banks. The only South African bank with a significant presence...the leading South African banking group still has to infuse...
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Banking on a New Orleans' Tradition: A Group of Black Investors Has Purchased One of Crescent City's Oldest Banks

Magazine article by Rick Blalock; Black Enterprise, Vol. 25, May 1995

Subjects:

African American banks--Management, African American business enterprises--Planning, Banking industry--Planning, Dryades Bancorp Inc.--Management, New Orleans, Louisiana--Business and industry

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Banking on a New Orleans tradition...one of Crescent Citys oldest banks by Rick Blalock When the last...the newest black-owned bank in the Deep South--Dryades...African-Americans get into banking and economic development...returned to work when the bank reopened late last year...First, the bank has a rich history. Founded in 1900, Dryades...
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Monster Banks: the Political and Economic Costs of Banking and Financial Consolidation

Magazine article by Jake Lewis; Multinational Monitor, Vol. 26, January 2005

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Business conditions, Commercial banks, Corporate histories

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...the Political and Economic Costs of Banking and Financial Consolidation by Jake Lewis COMMERCIAL BANKS IN THE UNITED STATES have been on a...a new post-Depression record for bank failures. Today the industry is still...Depression record number of commercial bank failures - scared the Congress and...1994, Congress passed the Interstate Banking and Branching Act, which allowed banks to branch nationwide. As a result, institutions like Bank of America today stretch from coast...
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The Top 100 Arab Banks: The Arab Banking Boom Still Booming: The Financial Services Industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Led by Top-Tier Banks Is Experiencing Significant Growth, in Terms of Banking Assets, Profitability and Innovations. Researched, Written and Table Compiled by Economic Analyst

Magazine article by Moin Siddiqi; The Middle East, October 2008

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Arab countries--Economic aspects, Banking industry--Industry forecasts, Banking industry--Industry sales and revenue, Banking industry--Rankings, Middle East--Economic aspects

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...and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank were, too, hit by similar...earnings. The GCC central banks have adopted the Basel 2...guidelines for regulation (see Banking Glossary). Its fair to...Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti banks were 15.9%, 14.8...for example, Al Salam Bank (48.7%), Albaraka Banking Group (33.6%), Bank Al Jazira (33.5...28.3%). Most regional banks carry lower bad debts, thus...

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Newspaper Articles on: (Banking or bank) and History

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BANK TO THE FUTURE; in an Unprecedented Move Heralded as One of the Most Important Turning Points in Financial History, Banking Giant Lloyds TSB This Week Merged with Its Rival HBOS to Create the UK's Biggest High Street Bank. but What Does It All Mean for You and Your Money? PAUL ROWLAND Separates the Facts from the Fears

Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), September 21, 2008

Subjects:

Banking industry, Lloyds TSB Group PLC

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Turning Points in Financial History, Banking Giant Lloyds TSB...crisis and nationalised the bank, just as the US Federal Government...into a single group creates a banking giant far bigger than anything...deposits or adverse credit histories to borrow. The UK mortgage...looks likely to be a "bad bank", a new state-sponsored...balance sheets of struggling banks. Shares jumped because its...
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Big Four Tell of Price They Paid for UK's Bank Disaster; BANKING Bosses Are Profoundly Sorry for What Happened

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 11, 2009

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Banking industry, Banks (Finance), Financial markets, Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...admitted they had no formal banking qualifications. Mr Hornby...review across the board of banking bonuses as ragemounts over proposed payments to senior banking staff - including within part-nationalised banks. Sir Fred denied RBS had ignored warnings from the Bank of England and the Financial...biggest loss in UK corporate history. The group has suffered a...
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RBS-Backed Team Wins Its Fight for Dutch Bank ABN; BANKING

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 9, 2007

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ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Bank of America Corp., Banking industry, Banks (Finance), Financial services, Financial services industry, Fortis

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...operations in Asia to retail banking in Brazil. RBS and its partners...have overpaid for the Dutch bank after this summers credit crunch. All three banks have a good track record for...will be the worlds biggest bank takeover and poses complex...time the biggest deal in UK banking history. The RBS-led team yesterday...
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BANK ON IT; Tweed Historian Di Millar Looks at the Local Links to the Commercial Banking Company's 175 Years in Australia

Newspaper article; Tweed Daily News (Tweed Heads, Australia), October 31, 2009

Subjects:

Banking industry, National Australia Bank Ltd.

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...become a director of the CBC bank in 1845, managing director...and manager in 1848 when the bank was incorporated. Knox appointed...February 4, the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited opened...who took over from the first bank manager Mr A J (John) Waugh...1907 has gone down in local history as the worst catastrophe to...premises. The towns three other banks opened as well as all the banks...
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Bank on More Troubles in Future; Aled Blake Assesses the Most Challenging Year in the History of the UK Banking Sector

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), December 28, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Bank on More Troubles...Challenging Year in the History of the UK Banking Sector. Byline: Aled Blake UK BANKS retained their status...as former Royal Bank of Scotland boss...threats for the banks new board to resign...denied later by the bank - were greeted with...charged investment banking profits from the...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (Banking or bank) and History

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Banking

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...single currency. General History A simple form of banking...safekeeping. Private banking existed by 600 b.c...Byzantines. Medieval banking was dominated by the...forerunners of modern banks were frequently chartered...purpose, e.g., the Bank of Venice (1171) and...of gold and silver. Banking developed rapidly throughout...economic and social life. History in the United States...
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Bank of England

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...industrial, expansion. The banks functions were both public...regulation was assured by the Bank Charter Act of 1844, which laid the basis for the banks modern structure. The issue...which handles the issuing of bank notes for general circulation, was separated from the banking department, which handles...Clapham, The Bank of England: A History (2 vol., 1944; repr. 1966...
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West Bank

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...spoken. The land in the N West Bank is fertile, and olives, citrus...Palestinian attacks in Israel. History The West Bank was declared part of Jordanian territory...for Arab self-rule in the West Bank, this goal remained elusive. Israels...
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Jericho , City, West Bank

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

JERICHO , city, West Bank jer iko Heb.,=fragrant...est. pop. 19,000), West Bank, in the Jordan valley N of...first Arab town in the West Bank to become (1994) autonomous...several times repeated in its history. One of its conquerors was...
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Knights Templars , in Medieval History

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...KNIGHTS TEMPLARS , in medieval history tem pl rz, in medieval history, members of the military and...financial strength. As their banking role increased they served...order is C. G. Addison, The History of the Knights Templars (rev...

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