The Handbook of International Banking provides a clearly accessible source of reference material, covering the main developments that reveal how the internationalization and globalization of banking have developed over recent decades to the present, and analyses the creation of a new global...

1 Introduction: The Development of International Banking in Asia (Ayumu Sugawara, Takeshi Nishimura) -- 2 International Financial Centres in Europe and Asia, 1900 – 2000 (Youssef Cassis) -- 3 From Silver to Gold: The Currency Reforms in Asia before 1914 (Takeshi Nishimura) -- 4 British...

"Banks have a special position in the financial system. Their exclusive link to the central bank puts them at the top of the financial system and enables banks to offer liquidity to the wider economy. They also provide loans and payment services to firms and households. This multifaceted nature...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. Michael A. Klein (1971), 'A Theory of the Banking Firm', Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 3 (2) (Part 9), May, 205-18 -- 2. Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig (1983), 'Bank Runs, Deposit Insurance and Liquidity', Journal of Political...