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Accessible to any reader yet specific enough to capture the attention of business professionals, this title explains the evolution of banking in the final quarter of the the 20th century. The author explores the fluid nature of money in an electronic age, the changing economic role of banks and other financial service institutions, the perilous voyages of banks on seas of computerized trading, and the explosive growth and use of credit cards, ATM machines, and Internet banking.

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"Mayer returns with another kaleidoscopic look at the world of banking."

Bankers, The

by Mayer, Martin

BCE

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Book description: New York: Weybright and Talley, 1974. An in-depth examination of banks and how they work within the context of the modern world, with a focus on the thinking of individual bankers and the day to day operations of average banks at all levels of the industry. Hardcover with dust jacket, 566pp., d.j. shows light edgewear.. ISBN: 0-679-40010-9. BCE. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Money, Finance, Capitalism, Banking, Banks, Bankers, Capitalists, Corporations.

Bookseller: JB Books (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 00487
Edition: BCE
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0679400109
ISBN 13: 9780679400103
Publisher: Weybright and Talley
Place: New York
Date published: 1974
Pages: 566
Subjects: EDUCATION / General;

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