Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Principles of Banking -- Types of Banks -- Finance Company -- Bank Money -- Bank Loans -- Chapter 2: Historical Development -- Early European Banking -- Specialization -- The Development of Banknotes -- Law of Large Numbers -- Chapter 3: Commercial Banking -- Assets -- Asset Management -- Treasury Bill -- Liability and Risk Management -- The Role of Bank Capital -- Chapter 4: Regulation of Commercial Banks -- Entry, Branching, and Financial-Services Restrictions -- Interest Rate Controls -- Mandatory Cash Reserves -- Capital Standards -- Nationalization -- Deposit Insurance -- Rationale for Deposit Insurance -- Panic -- How Deposit Insurance Works -- Origins of Deposit Insurance -- Chapter 5: Central Banking -- Origins of Central Banking -- Modern Developments -- Influence of Central Banks -- Monetary Control -- Open-Market Operations -- Money Supply -- Minimum Reserve Requirements -- The Discount Rate -- Inflation Targets -- Influence on Market Rates of Interest -- "Last Resort" Lending -- Major Central Banks -- Federal Reserve System -- Bank of England -- Banque de France -- Chapter 6: World Bank -- Origins -- Robert McNamara -- Organization -- Debt and Policy Reform -- Chapter 7: Business Finance: The Short Term -- Financial Planning and Control -- Financial Ratio Analysis -- Profit Planning -- Financial Forecasting -- Budgeting -- The Cash Budget -- Accounts Receivable -- Credit Bureau -- Inventories -- Short-Term Financing -- Trade Credit -- Commercial Bank Loans -- Commercial Paper -- Secured Loans -- Intermediate-Term Financing -- Term Loans -- Conditional Sales Contracts -- Lease Financing -- Chapter 8: Business Finance: The Long Term -- Long-Term Debt -- Stock -- Earnings and Dividend Policies -- Stock Option -- Convertible Bonds and Stock Warrants.

Mergers and Reoganization -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.