The traditional role of a bank was to transfer funds from savers to investors, engaging in maturity transformation, screening for borrower risk and monitoring for borrower effort in doing so. A typical loan contract was set up along six simple dimensions: the amount, the interest rate, the...

1. Introduction -- 2. The Typology of Shadow Banking -- 3. Financial Intermediation: A Further Analysis -- 4. Securities Lending and Repos -- 5. Central Counterparties and Systemic Risk -- 6. Identifying Non-bank, Non-insurer Global Systemically Important Financial Institutions -- 7.The Policy...

Chapter One New Thinking on Dangerous Situation—A Great Power in the Transformation -- Chapter Two Uncover the Truth—Ecosystem of Internet Finance -- Chapter Three Vanguard of Internet Finance—Third-party Payment -- Chapter Four An Initial Attempt—Roller-coaster Online Financial...

Islamic finance often faces numerous challenges in a dynamic marketplace. This book aims to discuss contemporary issues and challenges in Islamic finance to inform discussions surrounding the governance system, the Islamic legal system, prudential regulations, Islamic home financing, and Islamic...

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Basics of Islamic Economics and Finance -- Chapter 2 Money, Its Origins, Nature and the Time Value of Money -- Chapter 3 An Analysis of Paper Money and the Concept of Multi-Genus Banknotes -- Chapter 4 The Origins of Accounting in the Islamic Economics and Finance...

1. Introduction; Mohyedine Hajjar -- Introductory Part 1: Legal Framework of Islamic Finance in EU Legislation -- 2. Financial Undertakings, Sharīᶜa Rules and the Internal Market Framework Challenges and Opportunities; Gabriella Gimigliano -- 3. Islamic Insurance and European Union Legal...

1. Introduction: the ‘new macroeconomic consensus’ arrives in China -- 2. A bank-dominated financial system -- 3. Targets: why money and credit? -- 4. Transmission: inside the banking black box -- 5. Instruments: the evolution of policy strategy -- 6. Conclusion

Part I. The Definition and Evolution of European Central Banking Law -- Chapter 1. The Function of Central Banks and Definition of European Central Banking Law -- Chapter 2. The Establishment of the European System of Central Banks and the Eurosystem -- Chapter 3. The Establishment of the...

A structural analysis of credit contract theory -- The treatment of credit contract theory in the literature -- A standardisation of credit contract theory -- Joint liability and its potential to cause adverse selection instead of resolving it -- The perverse effect of joint liability and its...

Introduction -- The Rise and Development of Non-traditional Banking Business in China -- The Impact of Income Diversification on Chinese Banks: Bank Performance -- The Impact of Income Diversification on Chinese Banks: Bank Risk -- The Impact of Income Diversification on Chinese Banks: Bank...