Bankers As Brokers

"Until recently, bankers could do little to stop the flow of customer deposits into non-bank investment products. Not only were they facing disintermediation of dollars but, perhaps more importantly, disintermediation of customers as well." "Now banks can fight back - by offering their customers the full range of financial products that they have been looking for. Bankers as Brokers is the banker's definitive guide to starting, running and succeeding with an investment products line." "This comprehensive overview takes bankers through the critical elements of the investment products business, helping financial institutions develop a program that fits their needs and their customers." "Bankers as Brokers offers strategies on increasing income, customer retention and new business with a wholly integrated program. It also identifies and addresses the potential problems in the area, including deposit cannibalization and regulatory concerns." "Bankers as Brokers tackles the following issues and more: building a better bank through brokerage; reviewing, adopting, promoting and selling investment products; leveraging customer trust with financial planning services; specific needs and concerns of community banks; creating a full-service financial center by offering investment products; dramatic changes in customer needs and how to meet them; high-tech marketing methods that target new customers; integrating investment products with the "rest" of the bank; and the growing regulatory and compliance concerns for banks." "Both an assessment of today's market and a road map for the future, Bankers as Brokers can help bankers chart the course to record-setting profitability."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The second book in a four-part series, Brokers, Bankers, and Bay Lane journeys even deeper into Savannah's slave trading past to examine the business of slavery in the late antebellum period. With the simple premise that slavery could not have operated for so long without a viable business model, the authors examine the social, economic, and political factors that made the institution so remarkably resilient. Who was making a profit for the institution, and how much did they make? What did they think about their work and what did the community think? Who, besides the slave traders and masters, benefited? The authors also tell the stories of the slaves themselves, the human beings swept up and processed through this terrible machinery. What were their names and their stories? Answering these and other questions, the authors demonstrate how the institution of slavery in no way operated in a vacuum, but rather thrived on the support of local government, banks, church and community organizations, and established social networks. With stunning black and white photographs of physical structures and artifacts tied to the slave trade, this rich and compelling volume will give readers valuable insight into the unique and powerful role that Savannah played in the expansion of slavery in Georgia.

Cinema articulates the economic anxieties of each generation of filmmakers and audiences. It has an influence on people’s views on various economic issues and many orders of magnitude larger than that of economics as a discipline. This book offers a sweeping study of the representation of economics in cinema across a wide range of areas and genres, from the conflicts over resources in the lawless Old West to the post-scarcity societies of science fiction futures. This book studies how films have portrayed trade unions, scarcity, money, businesses, innovators, migrant workers, working women, globalization, the stock market, and the automation of work. It aims to be useful to those who are interested in cinema with economic themes and to those who want to learn about economics through cinema.

This book discusses various aspects of money management and banking, including the role of bill-brokers in helping banks manage cash flow, the importance of clearing houses in facilitating efficient exchange of money between banks, the complexities of foreign exchange markets, and how the media covers financial news, also examines the growth and development of the banking system in England, focusing on the rise of the Bank of England, the elimination of private bankers, and the factors that led to London's position as the world's financial center. It highlights the delicate nature of the system, which requires careful attention and management, and identifies the one-reserve system as its primary weakness. The chapter explores various schemes to increase the reserve and warns about the dangers of intense competition among banks. It also raises concerns about banks' tendency to ear-mark securities for the benefit of particular depositors. Finally, it discusses the life of a bank clerk and the importance of technical knowledge, good judgment, and tact in becoming a successful banker or financier. How Bill-Brokers Help Banks Manage Cash Flow Clearing House: How Banks Exchange Money Efficiently Foreign Exchanges The Money Article: Money News in the Media