This edited volume showcases how the European cooperative banks have continued to evolve amid a new competitive scenario that resulted from the Global Financial Crisis started in Europe in 2008. The cooperative banking paradigm has been put under an unprecedented pressure as a consequence of...

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...

This open access book gives a concise introduction to the practical implementation of monetary policy by modern central banks. It describes the conventional instruments used in advanced economies and the unconventional instruments that have been widely adopted since the financial crisis of...

Zinssätze und Anleihen -- Futures und Forwards -- Swaps -- Optionen -- Grundlegende Modelle der Optionsbepreisung -- Kritische Analyse bestehender Finanzmodelle und problematische Entwicklungen auf den Finanzmärkten.

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: 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

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...