An account of the principal phases in the development of the English banking system, and an analysis of the financial structure of the economy of the UK. The book focuses in detail on the regulatory and supervisory aspects of the UK banking system, and the interactions between the structural aspects of the banking and supervisory system.
'This volume gives a thorough introduction to the UK banking and financial system, and will be a very valuable source of authoritative information for practitioners and for students'
- Professor Peter Sinclair, Professor of Economics, University of Birmingham, UK