Leasingformen -- Abgrenzung der Leasingfinanzierung von der Kreditfinanzierung, dem Mietkauf sowie der Vermietung -- Rechtsnatur von Leasingverträgen -- Vertragliche Ausgestaltung des Finanzierungsleasings -- Finanzierungsleasing und das Verbraucherdarlehensrecht -- Leasing und KWG --...

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...

1. Conflicting needs: the need for risk mitigation and finance -- 2. The trade cycle: construction and facility calculation -- 3. Bills of lading: exercising control -- 4. Advance against collections: an alternative to the overdraft -- 5. Letters of credit for import: protecting the applicant --...

The Late Middle Ages (c.1300–c.1500) saw the development of many of the key economic institutions of the modern unitary nation-state in Europe. After the ‘commercial revolution’ of the thirteenth century, taxes on trade became increasingly significant contributors to government finances,...

Trade and Receivables Finance provides the definitive practical guide to the evaluation and mitigation of risk and the financing of international trade. The traditional method of commercial lending assessment places primary importance on the ability of the borrower to repay the financier....