CHAPTER VIIEARLY BRANCH BANKING IN THEUNITED STATESBranch-banking history in the United States began with the dis-cussions regarding the founding of a national bank in the earlyyears of the American Republic.1From that time to the presentthe subject of branch banking has received more or less ...
The Development of Cell Banking in the United States 1960–1985: A Strategic Approach to Quality ControlThis chapter discusses events and personages involved in the development of a national cell banking program that began in 1960 and now has nearly 10,000 well-described, quality-controlled ...
The history of the modern Spanish banking system began in 1856 when the Cortes (parliament) passed the Issuing Banks Law and the Credit Companies Law. The first of these Laws enshrined the principle of plurality of issuance and, at the same time, renamed
In the United States the first bank was the Bank of North America, established (1781) in Philadelphia. Congress chartered the first Bank of the United States in 1791 to engage in general commercial banking and to act as the fiscal agent of the government, but did not renew its charter in...
This far more upbeat picture is to be found in select markets—many regional banks in the United States and top five banks in Canada, for example. In emerging economies such as India, Indonesia, Mexico, and South Africa, the largest banks by market capitalization are performing very well. ...
J.P. Morgan Rescues the Banking Industry J.P. Morgan & Co. emerged at the head of the merchant banks during the late 1800s. It was connected directly to London, then the world’s financial center, and had considerable political clout in the United States.11 ...
which began in the United States in 2007, only serves to highlight further the importance of central bank policies. The aim of this volume is to take stock of where we are in the realm of the practice of central banking and considers some of the implications arising from the ongoing crisis...
Similarly, the Cooperative Banks of the Second Industrial Revolution were intended to finance local projects in depressed areas as well as to promote the savings of the working classes. In the 20th century, the Pax World Fund, the first Socially Responsible Mutual Fund in the United States, ...
Banks range in size from small, community-based institutions to global commercial banks. According to the FDIC, there were just over 4,200 FDIC-insured commercial banks in the United States as of 2021.2This number includes national banks, state-chartered banks, commercial banks, and other financia...
ture of dramatic change in the banking industry for so long that it has become one of the cliche´s that dominate our professional lives. The reality of change in banking—significant and dramatic change—has become, well, humdrum. It has, in fact, become so well understood and so re...