A History of Modern Shanghai Banking: The Rise and Decline of China's Finance Capitalism.
A HISTORY OF MODERN SHANGHAI BANKING: The Rise and Decline of China's Finance Capitalism. By Zhaojin Ji. Armonk (New York), London: M.E. Sharpe. 2003. xxxviii, 325 pp. (Photos, tables, illustrations.) US$69.95, cloth, ISBN 0-7656-1002-7; US$25.95, paper, ISBN 0-7656-1003-5. In this ambitious book, Zhaojin Ji attempts to provide...

ARAB BANKING AND FINANCE 2001.
ARAB BANKING AND FINANCE 2001 17th Edition Published by Tele-Gulf Directory Publications WLL Price $79.00 A significant year for the Arab Banks. An increasingly open global financial sector means that banks need growth and development to make an impact on the new international order. This also demands...

Evidence of a bank lending channel for Argentina and Colombia *.
Este artículo presenta evidencia empírica sobre la existencia de canal de crédito bancario para Argentina y Colombia. Para Argentina no encontramos evidencia de que cambios en la tasa de interés interbancaria afecten la tasa de crecimiento del crédito directamente. Su efecto es indirecto, a través de sus interacciones con...

Governance and innovation in UK retail payments.
Abstract: This paper discusses recent developments in the governance and innovation of UK retail payments. It is a follow up to an earlier paper (Ganguly and Milne (2002b)) an interview study with senior payments management in eight UK banks. That study identified concerns about governance and weak incentives for...

Inflation targeting for the United States?
Is inflation targeting suitable for the United States? I am inclined to say "Yes," but there are some issues and qualifications that need to be discussed. First, what is inflation targeting? Second, are there political problems that are likely to arise? Third, what about the arguments suggesting that inflation...

Islamic Banking and finance: New Perspectives on Profit-Sharing And Risk.
Edited by Munawar Iqbal and David T Llewellyn Published by Edward Elgar publishing ISBN 1 84064787 6 272 price 59.95 [pounds sterling] hardback It is a well-known fact that conventional commercial banks provide financial intermediation services on the basis of interest rates on assets and liabilities. However,...

Entry barriers and evolution of banking systems: lessons from the 1980s Canadian western bank failures.
Public policy for financial institutions faces the challenge of reconciling competing interests: banks have an interest in promoting whatever allows them to pursue the most profitable strategies in order to satisfy their shareholders, while public policy often represents the reconciliation of conflicting goals (e.g., bank shareholders versus economic development,...

A risk-based analysis of Australia's counterterrorism financing regime.
Introduction EFFORTS TO COUNTER THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE "war on terror." One academic has gone so far as to argue that "the War on Terrorism will not be fought on the battlefield.... (It will be) fought in the halls of our...

Central banks and payment instruments: a serious case of schizophrenia.
Abstract: This article analyses the competition between cash and payment cards against the backdrop of the dual role of central banks--as issuers of cash and as institutions with a mandate to foster the efficiency of payment systems in general. It is argued that this dual role results in a...

Financing entrepreneurs: better Canadian policy for venture capital.
The Study in Brief Innovation and growth depend in large part on entrepreneurship, which in turn may require financing in the form of venture capital investment. In Canada, Labour-Sponsored Venture Capital Corporations (LSVCCs) have become the dominant source of venture capital. There is reason for...