The Great Money HoaxHow Fake Money and Psychological Manipulation Shape the EconomyWhat if everything you've been taught about money is only half the truth?
Long before modern banks, central banks and electronic money, goldsmiths were helping transform the way people stored wealth, borrowed money and made payments.
Warum investierte eine mittelstandische Dusseldorfer Bank, deren eigentliches Geschaft die solide Finanzierung des deutschen Maschinenbaus war, Milliarden in hochriskante, gebundelte Immobilienkredite von vollig verarmten amerikanischen Hauskaufern?
Warum verlagert eine traditionelle, eng mit dem Gewerkschaftsbund verwobene osterreichische Bank Milliardenbetrage von Sparguthaben in hochriskante, undurchsichtige Spekulationsgeschafte in die Karibik?
Die Anzahl der Sparkassen hat sich nach der Wiedervereinigung deutschlandweit halbiert – und zwar ausschließlich durch Fusionen mit anderen Sparkassen.
Der Akt des Geldabhebens an einem Automaten wirkt simpel, erfordert jedoch eine elektromechanische Choreografie, die absolut keine Fehlertoleranz zulasst.
Practical CISO Handbook for Philippine Financial Institutions is a professional reference manual for information security leaders, risk officers, compliance teams, auditors, executives, and board-level stakeholders responsible for cybersecurity governance in banks and financial institutions.
What if passing the Series 7 exam is the one achievement that could launch your career in the securities industry and open the door to exciting opportunities in finance and investing?
What happens when a massive regional bank, deeply entrenched in the world's second-largest economy, is completely hollowed out by its own corporate owners, forcing an unprecedented and panicked government takeover?
Was passiert, wenn eine staatsnahe Bank das politische Mandat missbraucht, um ein gigantisches, toxisches Immobilienrad zu drehen, bei dem die Gewinne privatisiert, die Verluste aber dem Steuerzahler aufgezwungen werden?
Wie kann ein gefeiertes britisches Finanz-Start-up, das angeblich die moderne Lieferketten-Finanzierung revolutioniert hat, über eine obskure Bremer Bankentochter Milliardenbeträge deutscher Steuerzahler einsammeln, nur um wenig später in einem globalen Milliarden-Skandal komplett in sich zusammenzustürzen?
Examining the regulation of banking in the United States between 1900 and the Great Depression, Eugene Nelson White shows how Congress and the state legislatures tried to strengthen the banking system by creating new institutions, rather than by changing nineteenth-century laws that perpetuated the unit structure of the banking industry.
How a vast network of shadow credit financed European growth long before the advent of bankingPrevailing wisdom dictates that, without banks, countries would be mired in poverty.
This book originated from a 2010 conference marking the fortieth anniversary of the publication of the landmark Phelps volume, Microeconomic Foundations of Employment and Inflation Theory, a book that is often credited with pioneering the currently dominant approach to macroeconomic analysis.
Why we need to heed the lessons of high inflationToday's global economy, with most developed nations experiencing very low inflation, seems a world apart from the "e;Great Inflation"e; that spanned the late 1960s to early 1980s.
How the creation of a new banking infrastructure in the early twentieth century established the United States as a global financial powerThe dominance of US multinational businesses today can seem at first like an inevitable byproduct of the nation's superpower status.
How the creation of a new banking infrastructure in the early twentieth century established the United States as a global financial powerThe dominance of US multinational businesses today can seem at first like an inevitable byproduct of the nation's superpower status.
The Bankers' Banquet: How Development Funds Get DevouredEvery year, billions of dollars are pledged to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the very businesses that create jobs, drive innovation, and sustain local economies across Africa and the developing world.
Financial Fresh Start sifts through the jargon of significant but little-understood changes to the US financial landscape--including the Dodd-Frank Act, the Making Home Affordable program, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau--to shed light on financial reforms and, ultimately, help you reach your financial goals.
Financial Fresh Start sifts through the jargon of significant but little-understood changes to the US financial landscape--including the Dodd-Frank Act, the Making Home Affordable program, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau--to shed light on financial reforms and, ultimately, help you reach your financial goals.
DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE: NYC Big Book Award 2025 - TechnologyThis book provides a comprehensive look at banking-as-a-service (Baas), equipping readers with an understanding of the origins, evolution, future and applications of BaaS and the key differences across global markets.
Fintech Regulation in Practice provides a clear, hands-on guide to the practical considerations that fintechs, banks adopting fintech and other key players in the fintech ecosystem need to take into account when embedding regulation.
DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE: NYC Big Book Award 2025 - TechnologyThis book provides a comprehensive look at banking-as-a-service (Baas), equipping readers with an understanding of the origins, evolution, future and applications of BaaS and the key differences across global markets.
Technology failures, data loss, issues with providers of outsourced services, misconduct and mis-selling are just some of the top risks that the financial industry faces.
Technology failures, data loss, issues with providers of outsourced services, misconduct and mis-selling are just some of the top risks that the financial industry faces.
