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One of the most lucrative fields in business, investment banking frequently perplexes even banking professionals working within its complex laws. Investment Banking For Dummies remedies common misconceptions with a straightforward assessment of banking fundamentals. Written by experts in stock market proceedings, this book runs parallel to an introductory course in investment banking.

Tower of Basel is the first investigative history of the world’s most secretive global financial institution. Based on extensive archival research in Switzerland, Britain, and the United States, and in-depth interviews with key decision-makers including Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve; Sir Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England; and former senior Bank for International Settlements managers and officials.

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. What makes a $20 bill actually worth $20? In the third volume of his best-selling Naked series, Charles Wheelan uses this seemingly simple question to open the door to the surprisingly colorful world of money and banking.

What is wrong with today's banking system? The past few years have shown that risks in banking can impose significant costs on the economy. Many claim, however, that a safer banking system would require sacrificing lending and economic growth. The Bankers' New Clothes examines this claim and the narratives used by bankers, politicians, and regulators to rationalize the lack of reform, exposing them as invalid.

Analyzing the political and banking history of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil through several centuries, Fragile by Design demonstrates that chronic banking crises and scarce credit are not accidents due to unforeseen circumstances. Rather, these fluctuations result from the complex bargains made between politicians, bankers, bank shareholders, depositors, debtors, and taxpayers.

The subprime mortgage crisis has already wreaked havoc on the lives of millions of people, and now it threatens to derail the U.S. economy and economies around the world. In this trenchant book, best-selling economist Robert Shiller reveals the origins of this crisis and puts forward bold measures to solve it.

Tamal Bandyopadhyay chronicles HDFC Bank’s own digital disruption exercise through the very people who drove it, narrating a story that’s as compelling as unique in India’s financial system. With his keen eye for detail, deep knowledge of banking and unparalleled storytelling ability, Bandyopadhyay recounts the journey of India’s most valued lender from a life cycle bank to a lifestyle bank. 

In the months before the 2008 financial meltdown, bankers and hedge funds perverted the market to keep their lavish bonuses flowing. Their machinations made the collapse much worse. This Pulitzer Prize-winning series reveals how they did it.

This book is a practical guide to the evolving landscape of finance, highlighting how it's changing our relationship with money and how financial technology, together with macroeconomic and societal change, is rewriting the story of how business is done in developing economies. Financial services companies are trying to become more customer focused, but struggling to help huge customer segments, particularly in developing economies. Alternative financial models and tools are emerging, which are being embraced by consumers and incumbents.

This audiobook tells the story of the euro crisis in Cyprus from the inside. Written by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Panicos Demetriades, who was in office during this turbulent period, this audiobook shows how the crisis unravelled through a series of key events that occurred during his tenure. Written in chronological order and broadly based on the author’s personal diary, starting from his first day in office, this volume brings together economics, banking, regulation, governance, history, politics and international relations.

As president of the World Bank for a decade, James Wolfensohn tackled world poverty with a passion and energy that made him a uniquely important figure in a fundamental arena of change. Using a lifetime of experience in the banking sector, he carved a distinct path in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe for the institution that serves as the major lender to the world's poor.

Pensateci. Qual è lo strumento che usate di più nella vita di tutti i giorni? No, non è lo spazzolino, né l’automobile, e nemmeno la moka. È qualcosa allo stesso tempo di immateriale e di tangibile, che può essere contenuto in un caveau gigantesco o in una piccola tasca, sotto forma di numeri binari o di cilindretti dorati. Qualcosa, soprattutto, che vi permette di accedere a cibo e medicine, concerti e gite fuori porta, libri e serie tv; salute e felicità.

Small businesses are the backbone of the US economy. They are the biggest job creators and offer a path to the American dream. But for many, it is difficult to get the capital they need to operate and succeed. In the Great Recession, access to capital for small businesses froze and in the aftermath, many community banks shuttered their doors and other lenders that had weathered the storm turned to more profitable avenues. For years after the financial crisis, the outlook for many small businesses was bleak. But then a new dawn of financial technology, or 'fintech', emerged. 

The independence of the Federal Reserve is considered a cornerstone of its identity, crucial for keeping monetary policy decisions free of electoral politics. But do we really understand what is meant by "Federal Reserve independence"? Using scores of examples from the Fed's rich history, The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve shows that much common wisdom about the nation's central bank is inaccurate.

Dem Bankberater gezeigt, wie das Geschäft geht... Legen Sie Ihr Geld noch bei der Bank an? Dann wissen Sie auch, dass die Zinsen nicht mal für ein schickes Essen mit der Familie reichen. Diese Erfahrung machte auch Christian Thiel. Und wendete sich daraufhin der Börse zu. Psychologischer Berater, der er ist, weiß er mit dem "Angstgegner Aktie" umzugehen: Kurzweilig erzählt er in "Schatz ich habe den Index geschlagen!", weshalb Anleger so oft aufs falsche Pferd setzen und wie sie fatale Denkfehler vermeiden können.

横並びで単純な量的拡大競争に集中するような銀行のビジネスモデルは限界に近づいている。高成長時代はとうの昔。経済が成熟して資金需要が低迷する一方、銀行には依然として預金が流入し続けている。

全国ほぼすべてのエリアで起きている人口と企業数の継続的な減少。長らく続く貸出金利の低下。銀行収益の中核である資金利益は右肩下がりだ。地域経済の中核となるべき地方銀行も同様だ。

大規模な人員削減策を発表したメガバンク。過当競争とカネ余り、そして進む「銀行離れ」。銀行はいわば成熟産業化しており、経営者の目は、低成長でも稼げるコスト構造作りに向かっている。銀行員が置かれている環境

迫り来る脅威か、それとも収益拡大の好機か。勢いづくフィンテックの潮流に、各銀行が熱い視線を注いでいる。フィンテックベンチャーに対する投資額も増加。フィンテックベンチャーの領域拡大や法制度改正の流れは…

長引く超低金利や少子高齢化などの逆風下、金融機関はどこも必死に生き残りへの模索をつづけています。