Future of Banking (FT) [Hardcover]

Henry Engler (Author), James Essinger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0273650386 | ISBN-13: 978-0273650386 | Edition: 1st

Over the last two decades the growth of the financial services industry has been explosive. It has had to adapt to a host of new phenomena as they arise including regulatory issues, risk management, new technology, globalization, consolidation and branding. This volume presents the opinions and predictions of the chief operators within the banking industry - the people dealing with these phenomena and leading change. The book offers insight and interpretation from knowledgable people in the business, featuring interviews with each of these practitioners. It also provides an analytical summary of the current and future trends and concerns highlighted by them.

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From the Back Cover

Within the world of banking, customerÕs needs have not changed, nor has the basic nature of the banking services they require. However, the way banks meet these needs, and the framework within which they are delivered, have altered beyond recognition in the last twenty years alone.

Banks have had to adapt to a host of new phenomena ranging from regulatory issues, risk management and new technology to globalization, consolidation and branding.

The Future of Banking presents the opinions and predictions of the chief operators within the banking industry; the people dealing with these phenomena, and leading change.

At a time when the financial environment has never been more volatile this book offers invaluable insight and interpretation from the most knowledgeable people in the business. It features interviews with each of these practitioners, and provides an analytical summary of the current and future trends and concerns highlighted by them.

About the Author

Henry Engler is a member of Reuters Strategic Planning Group in London. He was previously a journalist for Reuters,

covering financial markets and economic developments in New York, Brussels and London. Prior to joining Reuters he

was an economist with Chemical Bank in New York, specialising in US monetary and fiscal affairs.

James Essinger has been a professional writer on banking and business since 1986, and has chronicled most of the

leading-edge developments in the retail and wholesale banking sectors, including the proliferation of shared ATM

networks, the launch of EFTPoS, the move to electronic quote-driven financial markets and the rise of internet

banking. He lectures and consults widely on strategic and tactical aspects of retail and wholesale banking and on

banking technology. James has published more than thirty business books, including Breakthrough Consulting,

published by Financial Times Prentice Hall.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman; 1st edition (December 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0273650386
• ISBN-13: 978-0273650386
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,955,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview of US and European banking trends, November 14, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Future of Banking (FT) (Hardcover)

This book is a nice compilation of a set of interviews with the heads of some of Europe, Asia and America's largest banks. The interviewer does a nice job of keeping a few strong threads (technology, risk, globalization) running through the interviews while allowing each discussion to probe different challenges and opportunities.

This book could have been better if it probed the technology issues a little deeper. It appears that the interviewer may not have been adept in this area.

I would highly recommend this book for people looking to get a clear, broad understanding of banking trends and strategies without getting mired in terminology or esoteric banking processes.