Banks & Banking

In September 2008 the Great Financial Crisis, triggered by the collapse of Lehman brothers, shook the world. A decade later its spectre still haunts us.... 

Sebastian Mallaby turns his unprecedented access to the industry's central players into a riveting, character-driven account of venture capital and the world it has made....

 George S. Clason takes financial understanding back to its roots, where property and prosperity were first explored by the Babylonians. Utilizing parables and metaphors set in ancient Babylon, Clason expounds on how to get out of debt, increase savings, build passive income, and more....

Banking on It is the firsthand account of one woman's quest to rebuild Britain's broken banking system....

A number one best seller from coast to coast tells, in masterfully reported detail, the full story of the insider-trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street....

Jim Simons is the greatest moneymaker in modern financial history. His record bests those of legendary investors, including Warren Buffett, George Soros and Ray Dalio.... 

In this thoroughly revised edition following the latest crises to hit international markets, economist Robert Z. Aliber introduces the concept that global financial crises in recent years are not independent events, but symptomatic of an inherent instability in the international system....

Whether you're buying lunch, looking for a job or applying for a mortgage, the thing we call 'the economy' is going to set the terms. A pity, then, that many of us have no idea how the economy actually works. That's where this book comes in....

If you asked most people what forces led to today’s unprecedented income inequality and financial crashes, no one would say the Federal Reserve. For most of its history, the Fed has enjoyed the fawning adoration of the press....

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Blockchain Revolution by Don and Alex Tapscott, read by John Chancer....

During the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, our financial infrastructure failed. Governments bailed out the very institutions that let the economy down. This episode spurred a serious rethink of our financial system....

When the news first began to trickle out of China about a new virus in December 2019, risk-averse financial markets were alert to its potential for disruption....

This book is Booth's clarion call for a change in the way America's most powerful financial institution is run - before it's too late....

Consider the $20 bill. It has no more value, as a simple slip of paper, than Monopoly money. Yet even children recognize that tearing one into small pieces is an act of inconceivable stupidity....

As a private banker working for the largest bank in the world, UBS, Bradley Birkenfeld was an expert in Switzerland's shell-game of offshore companies and secret numbered accounts. But when he discovered that UBS was planning to betray him, he blew the whistle to the US government....

Effective leadership has the power to transform organizations, movements, and lives. Leaders who are able to transform the lives of people have been revered, loved, praised, and respected....

Listen to what happened next in the follow-up to the best-selling The Wolf of Wall Street....

The cohost of the popular NPR podcast Planet Money provides a well-researched, entertaining, somewhat irreverent look at how money is a made-up thing that has evolved over time to suit humanity's changing needs....

Blockchain technology has taken over the world, well...partially, at least to the point that when Mark Zuckerberg announces his own cryptocurrencies, concerned legal administrators question him for hours, fearing the American dollar will collapse....

In 2006 an oddball group of bankers, traders and brokers from some of the largest financial institutions made a startling realization....

Inside Money is a sweeping history of the legendary private investment firm Brown Brothers Harriman, exploring its central role in the story of American wealth and its rise to global power....

Dark Towers is the never-before-told saga of how Deutsche Bank became the global face of financial recklessness and criminality - the corporate equivalent of a weapon of mass destruction. It is also the story of a man who was consumed by fear of what he’d seen at the bank....  

Winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty....

In his most practical book to date, financial expert and investment advisor James Rickards shows how and why our financial markets are being artificially inflated and what smart investors can do to protect their assets....

From the former Treasury Secretary, the definitive account of the unprecedented effort to save the U.S. economy from collapse....

Bobby C. Lee, one of the earliest pioneers in the cryptocurrency space, debunks myths and dispels fears that surround Bitcoin, arguing that this rational, logical system is superior to traditional monetary systems. He cites signs of Bitcoin's widening acceptance: a growing community of users worldwide and multiple initiatives for investing in and holding Bitcoin among major financial services organizations and institutional investors who control trillions in assets. Lee offers a primer on the best strategies for investing in this digital currency.

 It is a bedrock principle of the US Constitution that Congress, as representatives of the people, sets economic policy and directs government resources. This all changed 13 years ago, and even more dramatically during the pandemic. The Federal Reserve operates independently from the rest of the government, and can create as much money as it sees fit and use it without the prior approval of Congress, the courts, or the President.

Cryptocurrency's promise is to make money and payments all around accessible to anyone, regardless of where they are on the planet. The decentralized finance (DeFi) or Open Finance development makes that promise a stride further. Imagine a global, open option in contrast to each financial service you use today—investment funds, loans, trading, insurance, and more are accessible to anybody in the world with a cell phone and internet connection. This is presently conceivable on smart contract blockchains like Ethereum.

Objective: Develop an understanding of the bank’s money laundering, terrorist financing (ML/TF), and other illicit financial activity risk profile. Based on the bank’s risk profile, develop a risk-focused examination scope, and document the Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) examination plan. Examiners assess the adequacy of the bank’s Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) compliance program, relative to its risk profile, and the bank’s compliance with BSA regulatory requirements.

Growing up in the sleepy towns of Bhilai and Bokaro, Arundhati Bhattacharya never imagined that one day she would go on to chair India's largest bank. It was sheer chance that she came to know of the bank probationary officers' entrance examination through a friend. She applied, was selected, and went on to have a glorious banking career spanning four decades. Indomitable is the story of Arundhati's life as a banker and the challenges she faced in a male-dominated bastion.