International Banking in an Age of Transition: Globalisation, Automation, Banks and Their Archives

by Kinsey,Sara

• ISBN13: 9781859283844
• ISBN10: 1859283845
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-05-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Sweeping changes have taken place in the financial sector during the twentieth century. Two of the most notable changes have been the growth of global markets and institutions, and the introduction of computerisation. This volume charts the course of concentration and internationalisation in banking and also examines the influence and implications of new technologies on the industry's record-keeping practices.The exploration of concentration and internationalisation begins in the late nineteenth century and examines the effect of a wide range of factors, from macro-economic influences such as the liquidity crisis of the 1930s and the oil price rises of the 1970s, to the role of national regulation in the creation of financial markets and innovative products. The role of individual banks and their particular policies is also brought into focus. Some of Europe's most eminent bankers provide a contemporary dimension by discussing possible future developments in continental banking.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii	(1)
List of Figures	viii	(1)
Preface	ix	(1)
Foreword	x
Manfred Pohl (Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt am Main)
Part I Bank Archives of the Future	3	(54)
1 Bank Archives of the Future: Introduction	3	(12)
Sara Kinsey (Midland Bank, London)
2 Bank Archives in Perspective	15	(13)
Edwin Green (Midland Bank, London)
3 Comment	28	(3)
Youssef Cassis (University of Geneva)
4 Organisational Structure of Banking Information	31	(6)
Jurgen Rebouillon (Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt am Main)
5 Comment	37	(2)
Martin Fase (De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam)
6 Technology: Future Problems and Opportunities for the Archivist	39	(10)
Piers Cain (Washington DC)
7 Comment	49	(2)
Wilfried Feldenkirchen (Siemens AG, Munich)
8 Comment	51	(6)
Victor Gray (N.M. Rothschild & Sons)
Part II Concentration and Internationalisation in Banking	57	(106)
9 English Banking Concentration and Internationalisation: Contemporary Debate, 1880-1920	57	(33)
Lucy Newton (University of East Anglia)
10 Aspects of Commercial Banking in Northern and Central Europe, 1880-1931	90	(46)
Philip L. Cottrell (University of Leicester)
11 Concentration and Internationalisation in Banks after the Second World War	136	(15)
Geoffrey Jones (University of Reading)
12 Panel Discussion: European Banking in the Past, Present and Future	151	(12)
Lionello Adler (Banca Commerciale Italiana, Milan)
Hilmar Kopper (Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt am Main)
Alexandre Lamfalussy (European Monetary Institute, Frankfurt)
Pedro Martinez Mendez (formerly of Banco de Espana)
Appendix: Banks in Northern and Central Europe, c. 1913	163	(22)
Philip L. Cottrell (University of Leicester)
Index	185