Casu, Barbara <br/><br/>
Introduction to banking. / 
Barbara, Casu 
 - London :   Prentice Hall Financial Times,    2006. 
 - xxxi, 526 p. :   ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Introduction to banking: What is special about banks -- Banking activities and current issues in banking -- Types of banking -- International  banking -- Central banking and bank regulation: Theory of central banking -- Central banks in practice -- Bank regulation and supervision -- Issues in bank management: Banks' balance sheet and income structure -- Managing banks -- Banking risks -- Banking risks management -- UK banking -- European banking -- Banking in the new EU member states -- Banking in the united states -- Banking in Japan -- Banking in emerging and transition economies -- Appendix A1: Interest rates, bonds and yields -- Appendix A2:  Introduction to portfolio theory  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780273693024 0273693026 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Banks and banking-- Great Britain. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG1606.C26