Principles of Banking

Contents: 1. Banking and bank organisations. 2. Interbank networks. 3. Bank regulation. 4. Central banking. 5. The duty of confidentiality. 6. Advisory and transactional liability.

This book offers a new framework of banking law. It takes as a given the modern world of the multifunctional bank, with international operations. Existing books on banking law are generally rooted in domestic retail banking they focus on matters such as the banker customer relationship, bank accounts, retail payments (mainly by cheque) and bank securities. If it is dealt with, bank financing is assumed to be by means of overdraft. Excellent though some of these books may be, they paint only part of the picture. Those wanting to see the whole canvas must go to specialist books on subjects ranging from bank regulation, through corporate securities to international finance. This book tries to bring to bulk of legal maters relating to banking activity within the four corners of the picture.