Business of banking: an introduction to the modern financial services industry. /
Geoffrey Lipscombe and Keith Pond
- 4th ed.
- United Kingdom : Financial World, 2002.
- x, 272 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: What is banking all about -- Money -- More about money -- The Recent history of banking and finance -- Banks, building societies and insurance companies -- The City of London and the bank of England -- The Bank-customer relationship -- Customers and accounts -- Payment methods -- Funds transfer: cheques and the clearing systems -- The collecting bank and the paying bank -- Elememntary lending -- Elementary security for lending -- Banker and insolvency -- Glossary.