Barclays: The Business of Banking, 1690-1996
This is a history of one of the world's most famous financial institutions from its foundation as a private partnership in 1690 to the present. A pioneer in international trade finance and branch banking, the story of Barclays Bank is a microcosm of the successes and failures of corporate strategies in banking. Extensively illustrated and accessibly written, the book will appeal to readers beyond those with an interest in financial history. It makes a major contribution to the economic and social history of modern Britain and the contemporary business world.
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Barclays: The Business of Banking, 1690-1996
This is a history of one of the world's most famous financial institutions from its foundation as a private partnership in 1690 to the present. A pioneer in international trade finance and branch banking, the story of Barclays Bank is a microcosm of the successes and failures of corporate strategies in banking. Extensively illustrated and accessibly written, the book will appeal to readers beyond those with an interest in financial history. It makes a major contribution to the economic and social history of modern Britain and the contemporary business world.
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Barclays: The Business of Banking, 1690-1996

Barclays: The Business of Banking, 1690-1996

Barclays: The Business of Banking, 1690-1996

Barclays: The Business of Banking, 1690-1996

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This is a history of one of the world's most famous financial institutions from its foundation as a private partnership in 1690 to the present. A pioneer in international trade finance and branch banking, the story of Barclays Bank is a microcosm of the successes and failures of corporate strategies in banking. Extensively illustrated and accessibly written, the book will appeal to readers beyond those with an interest in financial history. It makes a major contribution to the economic and social history of modern Britain and the contemporary business world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521041003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 02/11/2008
Pages: 504
Product dimensions: 7.48(w) x 9.76(h) x 0.98(d)

Table of Contents

1. Quaker private bankers, 1690–1896; 2. Corporate consolidation and the control of competition, 1896–1945; 3. Stability or stagnation?, 1945–1961; 4. The pace quickens, 1962–1973; 5. Competition restored: regulatory change, universal banking and overcapacity, 1973–1992; 6. Barclays abroad: the transition to global banking, 1945–1992; 7. Tranforming the production of banking services, 1945–1992; 8. Reassessment, rearrangement and renewal, 1993–1996.
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