This book explores the way in which banks were regulated in the UK in the period from 1946 until 1971. It focuses upon a group of 11 banks known as the London clearing banks. These banks included the ‘Big Five’ - Barclays, Lloyds, Midland, National Provincial and Westminster - and were the...

PART 1: The port structure: Managerial and operational issues -- Chapter 1: Port governance models and their historical development -- Chapter 2: Institutions, port planning and finance -- PART 2: National port systems vis à vis global shipping -- Chapter 3: Port Finance and Regulation in Kenya...

1. Digital Leadership in the Agile World and the Present of Change Management -- 2. What We (Can and Should) Know About Emotions Today -- 3. Emotions and Organizational Culture -- 4. Emotions and Agile Change -- 5. Concepts and Instruments for Dealing with Emotions -- 6. Conclusion.

This book explores consumer protection in the major financial markets in the world and provides an international comparison among the countries of different cultural background and economic development. Each chapter describes the major issues of financial consumption in the selected country and...

Part I. The European Banking Union and the European Union Architecture -- Chapter 1. Multi-Level Governance in Banking Regulation; Rosa M. Lastra -- Chapter 2. European Banking Union within the System of European Banking and Monetary Law; Christos V. Gortsos -- Chapter 3. European Banking Union...

Chapter 1: Demystifying China’s Stock Market: The Hidden Logic behind the Puzzles -- Chapter 2: What Does History Tell Us? The Roots of China’s Modern Stock Market -- Chapter 3: A Government-Dominated Financial System -- Chapter 4: A Chinese style speculative market -- Chapter 5: The...

1. The Euro Area Banking System: Where Do We Stand? -- 2. The Main Challenges Facing the Euro Area Banking System -- 3. Non-performing Loans in the Euro Area -- 4. Level 3 Assets and Sovereign Exposure -- 5. Progress on the First Two Pillars of the Banking Union -- 6. The Third Pillar of the...

Chapter 1 Financial Impact of Mega Disasters – Introduction -- Chapter 2 Japan’s Disaster Risk Financing – Framework and Policies -- Chapter 3 Analysis of the Possible Impact of a Tokyo Mega Earthquake on Japanese Public Finance -- Chapter 4 Law and Policy Responses to Disaster-induced...

Chapter 1: Overview of the US Banking System -- Part 1: The Legal Background -- Chapter 2: Banking Laws -- Chapter 3: The Crypto-currency regulations -- Chapter 4: Anti-Money Laundering Laws -- Part 2: Actors: Regulators and Banks -- Chapter 5: The Regulators -- Chapter 6: Commercial Banks and...

1. Introduction -- 2. General Observations -- 3. FinTech and Market-based Financing -- 4. European Approaches to FinTech: The Role of Regulation and the Evolution of Supervision -- 5. FinTech, Chain Transactions and Open Banking -- 6. FinTech Firms -- 7. FinTech and Money -- 8. FinTech, RegTech...