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Banking

By William Amasa Scott

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BANKING
- CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1914
- EDITOR'S PREFACE
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- CONTENTS
BANKING
- CHAPTER I The Nature, Functions, and Classification of Banking Institutions
  - 1. Services Performed by Banking Institutions
    - 2. The Economic Functions of Banks
    - 3. Classification of Banking Institutions
- CHAPTER II The Nature and Operations of Commercial Banking
  - 1. Commercial Paper
    - 2. The Operation of Discount
    - 3. The Conduct of Checking Accounts
    - 4. The Issue of Notes
    - 5. Collections
    - 6. Domestic Exchange
    - 7. Foreign Exchange
- CHAPTER III The Problems of Commercial Banking
  - 1. The Supply of Cash
    - 2. The Selection of Loans and Discounts
    - 3. Rates
    - 4. Protection against Unsound Practices
    - 5. Adequacy and Economy of Service
- CHAPTER IV Commercial Banking in the United States
  - 1. State Banks
    - 2. National Banks
    - 3. The Independent Treasury System
    - 4. The Interrelations of These Institutions
    - 5. Operation of the System
    - 6. Plans for Reform
- CHAPTER V Commercial Banking in Other Countries
  - 1. Common Features
    - 2. The English System
    - 3. The French System
    - 4. The German System
    - 5. The Canadian System
- CHAPTER VI Investment Banking
  - 1. Saving and Savings Institutions
    - 2. Trust Companies
    - 3. Bond Houses and Investment Companies
    - 4. Land Banks
    - 5. Stock Exchanges
    - 6. Some Defects in Our Investment Banking Machinery
- REFERENCES
- INDEX
- The National Social Science Series
  - Edited by Frank L. McVey, Ph.D., LL.D., President of the University of North Dakota
    - Now Ready
    - In Preparation
    - Each, Fifty Cents Net
  - A. C. McCLURG & CO., PUBLISHERS, CHICAGO