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| A central banking institution founded in 1930 which is owned and controlled by central banks. It provides a number of highly specialised services to central banks and, through them, to the international financial system, aiming to foster international financial stability. Includes the full text of its establishing documents such as the Hague Agreement and the Brussels Protocol, information on current activities including recent press releases and 'BIS Review', a collection of important articles and transcripts of speeches by senior central bankers. | |
| Links to all the main UK banks and building societies. | ||
| Information about the Japanese economy and the activities of the Bank of Japan. Includes public statements from the Bank, financial statements, economic and financial reports and statistics, research papers and lists of Bank of Japan publications with subscription information. | ||
| Provides access to interest rate information, periodical publications, press releases, statistics, key speeches, MFIs (Monetary Financial Institutions), and links to individual EU central banks. Available in a wide range of languages. | ||
| Online edition of the quarterly magazine for directors of financial companies, focusing on topical issues in banking. Includes tables of contents and selected articles from the current issue. | ||
| Set of annotated links to online courses, course descriptions, tutorials, assignments, tests and other materials used in the teaching of finance and accounting. | ||
| Offers links to banking and financial resources from around the world including over 3000 banks, and details of over 100 countries' financial markets. Information is provided in English, French, and Italian. | ||
| America's leading source for business news and consumer rates on savings, mortgages, home equity loans, credit cards, ATMs, and online fees. | ||
| Two full text publications, the first entitled From Predation to Prosperity, discusses Russia's progress through economic reform and subsequent repercussions, while the second, Fixing Russia's Banks concentrates on the banking system and state of the ruble. Both are available in PDF format. | ||
| Describes an alternative approach to Islamic banking which proposes to avoid problems such as the inability to set up interest free banks in most countries, and the erosion of capital value due to inflation. Covers a range of financial issues including lending, investing, and insuring. | ||
| Research, analysis, and inquiry into issues of theoretical and practical importance to the business community. Topics covered include finance, security markets, banking, administration and management, marketing, and industrial organisation. | ||
| Full text of articles from The World Bank Research Observer and The World Bank Economic Review, covering matters such as new World Bank research, and development economics and policies. In addition to being searchable by article and issue, journals can be searched by author and keyword. | ||
| Documents an independent government review set up in 1998 to investigate the UK banking system. Examines innovation, competition, and efficiency within the industry, and the effectiveness with which it serves business, consumers, and the UK economy. Features the review consultation document, subsequent responses, press releases, and the March 2000 report on Competition in UK Banking. | ||
| One of Europe's leading bankers in the local public service sector. Its public service mission involves working in close partnerships with local and regional governments in France, Europe, and the US to finance local development projects. | ||
| A guide to the world's central banks, their monetary policies, and banking systems. Also includes a listing of forthcoming banking conferences, resources on electronic cash, and general banking resources. | ||
| Offers definitions and guidelines for the reporting of statistical banking data, and provides an account of current country practices regarding the coverage and disaggregation of reported data. Offered as a PDF file, the report also includes a glossary of key terms. | ||
| Offers information on electronic money products that were either in use or under development worldwide at the beginning of the new millennium. Both card and network based products are discussed, and policy responses on related issues are given for each country. Presented as a PDF file. | ||
| Includes Hawaian and Pacific Rim economic data, information on business trends, economic outlooks, and an interactive economic report builder. | ||
| Information about the bank, its accounts and services, ethical policy, reports and mission statements. | ||
| US commercial and consumer bank. Information about services, economic forecasts, and links to related resources. | ||
| Report charting the development of the global economy in the 1999 fiscal year. Includes sections on global poverty and poverty reduction, anti corruption efforts and initiatives to help heavily indebted poor countries. | ||
| Information in English or French on the Bank of Canada and its publications, exchange rates, library, and currency museum. | ||
| Offers original articles and features about the financial services industry in the USA, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include coin collecting, commercial credit, consumer markets, European Monetary Union and the Euro, global currency, Federal Reserve Banks, international finance, the history of money and banking, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, publications, Swiss banking, trade finance, US regulatory agencies and the Year 2000 problem. | ||
| Provides statistics on means of payment for transactions in the G10 group of nations; Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA. Includes data on settlement media used by banks, bank notes and coins in circulation, cash dispensers and ATMs, and debit/credit cards in circulation. Data provided covers the period 1995 1999. | ||
| Information about the World Bank, press releases, country, region and project information. Includes papers, discussion notes and reports dealing with economic, environmental and social issues. | ||
| Information about the bank's history, accounts, services, and recruitment. | ||
| The International Journal of the Financial Services Industry. Provides access to articles published in over 400 banking and finance publications internationally, including journals, magazines, research reports from US banks, EU research institutes and universities. Each issue contains concise abstracts of published information in all areas of finance, classified by subject. Topics include financial institutions, insurance and pensions, financial instruments and markets, financial operations and services management, accounting and technology policy, law and regulation, international and national economies, principles and methods. | ||
| Examines the changes in the Chinese economy, described as being in a state of 'creative destruction', whereby unprofitable firms must go out of business to make resources available for industries whose products are needed or favoured by consumers. This situation, referred to as China's Churn, is predicted to escalate as China becomes more involved in the world trading system and looks set to become the second largest economy in the world. | ||
| Information about the organisation, banking examinations and career resources as well as a list of links to related sites. | ||
| Overview of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group's activities in the UK, information on banking products and services for businesses and consumers and details of their direct banking options. | ||
| Official information from the central bank of the United Kingdom. The Bank has many roles including the setting of interest rates in order to meet the Government's inflation target, the supervision of banks and wholesale money market institutions, the collection of monetary and banking statistics, management of the Government's stock register, printing of the country's bank notes, and maintenance of close links with the financial markets. | ||
| Contains time series for countries and geographical areas covering exchange rates, fund accounts, international liquidity, international banking, money and banking, interest rates, prices, wages, production and employment, international transactions, government finance, national accounts and population. Requires authorization from the Data Archive before access is permitted. | ||
| Chapter four of the book Interest free Commercial Banking written by A. L. M. Abdul Gafoor, which covers the historical development of Islamic financial principles, current practices, problems in implementing the profit and loss sharing concept, and the operation of this type of banking in non-Muslim countries. | ||
| Provides information on, and critical analysis of, World Bank and International Monetary Fund policy and reports. Offers briefings and reports on current issues, and features a quarterly newsletter of Bank and IMF initiatives. Also includes a glossary of key terms. | ||
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