The Regulation of the London Clearing Banks, 1946-1971 Stability and Compliance /

• Main Author: Arch, Linda (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History,
• Subjects: Economic history.; Finance-History.; Banks and banking.; Macroeconomics.; Public administration.; Economic History.; Financial History.; Banking.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Public Administration.

This book explores the way in which banks were regulated in the UK in the period from 1946 until 1971. It focuses upon a group of 11 banks known as the London clearing banks. These banks included the 'Big Five' - Barclays, Lloyds, Midland, National Provincial and Westminster - and were the...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The Nature of Clearing Bank Regulation
• Chapter 3: Context, rationale and consequences
• Chapter 4: Bank Regulation Today
• Chapter 5: Conclusion.