Previous ed.: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: The financial services and markets act 2000 -- The consumer credit act 1974 -- The companies act 1985 -- Money laundering -- Legislation applying to particular institutions -- Bankers and customers -- Relationship of banker and customer -- Confidentiality, bankers' references and advice on investments -- Safe custody -- Special customers -- Types of account -- Appropriation of payments -- Demand, interests, charges and costs -- Insolvency of customers -- Cheques -- Cheque guarantee cards and credit cards -- Electronic funds transfer -- The paying bank -- Unauthorised payments -- Discharge by payment and protection by statute -- Claims against the paying bank by non - customers -- The collecting bank: General -- The recipient bank: Sources of liability -- The cheques act 1957, s 4 -- Attachment -- Freezing injunctions -- Compulsory disclosure -- The taking of security -- Lien and set off -- Charges over debts and conditional debt obligations -- Pledges of goods, documents of title and negotiable instruments -- Mortgages of land -- Guarantees -- Demand guarantees and performance bonds -- Documentary credits: General -- Documentary credits: Compliance of documents -- Documentary credits: The presentation, examination and rejection of documents.