This book looks at the UK banking in the context of general legal doctrines and banking regulation. It draws on Australian, US and Canadian examples and deals with the impact of the recent global financial crisis. INDICE: Part I BANKS AND BANKING BUSINESS; 1: The structure of the Britishbanking world; 2: The regulation of banking activities in the United Kingdom;3: Legal definition and privileges of banks; 4: Money laundering and the financing of terrorism; 5: The bank and its customers; Part II THE BANK AS MONETARY AGENCY IN DOMESTIC TRANSACTIONS; 6: The bank's role as a depository; 7: The current account; 8: Special types of account; 9: Interest-bearing accounts; 10: The bank as paymaster: negotiable instruments (including cheques); 11: The paying bank; 12: Recovery of money paid by mistake; 13: The giro system and electronic transfer of funds; 14: Payment cards; 15: The bank's role in collecting cheques; 16: Incidental services performed by banks; Part III THE BANK AS FINANCIER AND LENDER IN DOMESTIC TRANSACTIONS; 17: Current account financing andloans; 18: Securities for bankers' advances: the general part; 19: Proprietary securities; 20: Possessory securities; 21: Choses in action as security; 22:Guarantees
- ISBN: 978-0-19-923209-3
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 922
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés