Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer an initial assessment of the Northern Rock (NR) crisis. Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes the context of financial market turmoil and the multi‐dimensional aspects of the crisis. Findings – The central finding of this paper...

Analyses alternative forms of pricing and pricing strategies of bank payments services and reports the results of an international survey of pricing practices in 11 countries. Makes a distinction between implicit and explicit pricing and, in the context of British banks′ policy of implicit...