Universal Banking in the United States: What Could We Gain? What Could We Lose?

by Ingo Walter and Anthony Saunders

Book Overview

In 1933 and 1956, the United States sharply limited the kinds of securities activities, commercial activities, and insurance activities banks could engage in. The regulations imposed on banks back then remain in place despite profound changes in the economic environment, in the structure of the national and international financial markets, and in technology. In this span of time many industries, especially those confronting global competition, have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195080696
• ISBN13: 9780195080698
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"