The UK financial system

The UK financial system
Author: Mike Buckle
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2016-10-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1526105047

The UK financial system, now in its fifth edition, provides an up-to-date discussion of the UK financial system and the changes affecting it. Throughout the world the nature and regulation of financial systems have changed dramatically following the global financial crisis. In this text the necessary underlying theory is introduced and a range of relevant statistics provided in each chapter to supplement the narrative. Coverage includes a critique of the UK financial institutions and markets, as well as regulation emanating both from within the UK and also from supranational bodies such as the Bank for International Settlements and the European Union. The discussion is based on both the underlying theory as well as the operating practices of the institutions and markets. Each supplemented by a comprehensive glossary, the book is subdivided into three main sections: financial institutions; financial markets; and the regulation of banks and other financial institutions. The book will be essential reading to lecturers and undergraduate students enrolled on courses in financial economics and banking.

Where Does Money Come From?

Where Does Money Come From?
Author: Josh Ryan-Collins
Publisher:
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2014-01-31
Genre: Banks and banking
ISBN: 9781908506542

Based on detailed research and consultation with experts, including the Bank of England, this book reviews theoretical and historical debates on the nature of money and banking and explains the role of the central bank, the Government and the European Union. Following a sell out first edition and reprint, this second edition includes new sections on Libor and quantitative easing in the UK and the sovereign debt crisis in Europe.

Banking in Crisis

Banking in Crisis
Author: John D. Turner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2014-07-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107030943

A full account of the rise and fall of British banking stability which sheds new light on why banking systems crash.

British Banking

British Banking
Author: John Orbell
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 674
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351954687

This substantially expanded new edition of the Guide to the Historical Records of British Banking contains details of over 700 archive collections held in local record offices, university and local libraries and of course, banks. This monumental reference work facilitates a wider knowledge and understanding of the history of British finance.

Free Banking in Britain

Free Banking in Britain
Author: Lawrence Henry White
Publisher:
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1995
Genre: Banks and banking
ISBN: 9780255363754

Free banking, generically speaking, denotes a monetary system without a central bank, under which the issuing of currency is left to private banks. This book explores how this could work in practice by examining how this has worked historically, specifically in the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. After building a theory of free banking, its central chapters explore the history of Scotlands experience of free banking and the contemporary policy debate over the question of whether Parliament should allow free banking in England. The final chapters bring the debate forward and examine how free banking could work in modern times. The result is a significantly revised and update edition of a book about privately issued currency.

The Origins and Development of Financial Markets and Institutions

The Origins and Development of Financial Markets and Institutions
Author: Jeremy Atack
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2009-03-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1139477048

Collectively, mankind has never had it so good despite periodic economic crises of which the current sub-prime crisis is merely the latest example. Much of this success is attributable to the increasing efficiency of the world's financial institutions as finance has proved to be one of the most important causal factors in economic performance. In a series of insightful essays, financial and economic historians examine how financial innovations from the seventeenth century to the present have continually challenged established institutional arrangements, forcing change and adaptation by governments, financial intermediaries, and financial markets. Where these have been successful, wealth creation and growth have followed. When they failed, growth slowed and sometimes economic decline has followed. These essays illustrate the difficulties of co-ordinating financial innovations in order to sustain their benefits for the wider economy, a theme that will be of interest to policy makers as well as economic historians.

British Multinational Banking, 1830-1990

British Multinational Banking, 1830-1990
Author: Geoffrey Jones
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 1993
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780198206026

Analyses the emergence, growth and performance from the 1830s to the present

Bank of Dave

Bank of Dave
Author: Dave Fishwick
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2012-05-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1448131723

This is the real story that inspired the Netflix film, Bank of Dave. Dave Fishwick is a self-made, straight-talking man from Burnley who hates the banks. Fed up with never-ending tales of greed and corruption, he sets out to prove that there is a different way of doing things - by opening his own bank to help inject much-needed life into local businesses. In his bid to set up a simple, no-nonsense bank that actually cares about its customers, Dave plans to use hundreds of thousands of pounds of his own money. His enterprise will offer his customers a far better rate of interest than they get on the high street; he will lend to struggling local businesses that the banks don't want to know about; and he aims to bring the Bank of Dave into profit within 180 days. If he succeeds, he'll give whatever he makes to charity. If he fails, he'll make a terrible loss and ruin his hard-earned reputation as a successful businessman. Can one man really take on the banking giants and make a real difference to local businesses and his community? Dave Fishwick certainly hopes so.