Current Legal Issues Affecting Central Banks, Volume V

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Series:: Books
Author(s):: Robert Effros
Publisher:: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Published Date:: May 1998
DOI:: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557756954.071
ISBN:: 9781557756954
Page:: 867

This volume, edited by Robert C. Effros, focuses on how technology is affecting the world of banking and finance in an era of increasing globalization. The advent of electronic money, stored value cards, and internet transactions are discussed, as well as the impact of technology on cross-border banking and its implications for central banks. Other issues examined are the legal and regulatory frameworks for risk management of banks, sovereign debt, the international laws of bank secrecy, and financial services within the context of the GATT Agreement on Trade Services.

Current Legal Issues Affecting Central Banks, Volume V

Front Matter

Chapter 1 Developments at the International Monetary Fund
Chapter 2 The World Bank in the Nineties
Chapter 3 Developments at the International Finance Corporation
Foreword to Chapters 4 and 5
Chapter 4 Foreign Exchange Settlement Risk
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Chapter 5 Cross-Border Electronic Banking: Perspectives on Systemic Risk and Sovereignty
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Afterword to Chapters 4 and 5
Foreword to Chapters 6 and 7
Chapter 6 Stored Value Products: A New Legal Challenge
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Chapter 7 Checks and Check Collection: A Comparison Between the Common Law and Geneva Systems
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Afterword to Chapters 6 and 7
Foreword to Chapters 8 and 9
Chapter 8 Comparative Banking Supervision
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Chapter 9 Bank Failure Case Histories
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Afterword to Chapters 8 and 9
Foreword to Chapters 10 and 11
Chapter 10 Internal Controls and Risk Management for Banks
Chapter 11 Sharing of Information Between Supervisory Authorities
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Afterword to Chapters 10 and 11
Chapter 12 Resolution of Sovereign Liquidity Crises: Basic Concepts and Issues
Chapter 13 Legal Framework for Dealing with Sovereign Debt Defaults
Chapter 14 Legal Remedies in the Event of a Sovereign Debt Default
Chapter 15 The Debt-Rescheduling Process: Pitfalls and Hazards
Afterword to Chapters 12 to 15
Foreword to Chapters 16 and 17
Chapter 16 Derivatives Activities of Banking Institutions: Initiatives for Supervision and Enhanced Disclosure
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Chapter 17 International Law of Bank Secrecy
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Chapter 18 Financial Services in the General Agreement on Trade in Services: Framework and the 1995 Negotiations
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Appendix I International Financial Materials
Appendix II Payments Materials
Appendix III: Materials on Financial Institution Supervision
Appendix IV: European Community Documents
Appendix V U. S. Legislation

Back Matter

Current Legal Issues Affecting Central Banks, Volume V

Chapter 17 International Law of Bank Secrecy

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