1. International Trade and Inherent Risks -- 2. Services Offered by Commercial Banks -- 3. Methods of Trade -- 4. Foreign Exchange Rates -- 5. Bills of Exchange, Collections, Purchasing and Discounting -- 6. Documentary Letters of Credit -- 7. Letters of Credit: Types -- 8. Methods of Payment...

Mangelnde Digitalisierung in der Finanzbranche -- Digitalisierungstreiber und -bremse der Finanzinstitute -- Digitaler Wandel des Auslandszahlungsverkehres -- 5-Forces des Auslandszahlungsverkehrsgeschäfts -- Blockchain-Technologie – die Revolution im Auslandszahlungsverkehr -- Aussichten...

This open access book tells the story of how Sweden is becoming a virtually cashless society. Its goal is to improve readers’ understanding of what is driving this transition, and of the factors that are fostering and hampering it. In doing so, the book covers the role of central banks,...

Primitive and Non-metallic Money -- Monetary System of Ancient Asia: China -- Monetary System of the Ancient Regime -- Medieval Debasement and Seigniorage -- Gresham's Law -- Flows of Precious Metals and Prices in Europe -- Rise and Decline of the Global Silver Standard -- Money, Trade, and...

Durch das Steuervereinfachungsgesetz fordern immer mehr Unternehmen einen elektronischen Rechnungsaustausch von Ihren Geschäftspartnern. Besonders kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen verwenden nach wie vor die bewährte und konventionelle Rechnung auf Papier oder die PDF-Rechnung per...

Part I: Defining the Internet of Value 1 -- Chapter 1. Defining the Internet of Value -- Part II: How DLT will evolve in the Future 13 -- Chapter 2. Blockchains, DLTs and the Future of Payments 15 -- Chapter 3. Consensus: Proof of Work, Proof of Stake and Structural Alternatives. Part III: The...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Are Current Policies on Track to Eliminate Poverty? -- Chapter 3. How Mainstream Economics Works -- Chapter 4. Basic Principles to Understand Macroeconomics -- Chapter 5. Markets Alone Make No Development -- Chapter 6. Developing Countries in Global...

Introduction -- 1 What is money? -- A History of Money and Banking -- 2 Money from the very beginning -- 3 Banks enter the scene -- 4 The dawn of modern banking -- 5 The creation of a paper currency -- 6 Modern banking comes of age -- 7 The role of banks in a modern economy -- II An Analysis of...