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Bank 4.0

by Brett King • 2018

Banking is leaving the building. The companies winning never had branches to begin with.

4.07

500+

💳 Fintech 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔗 Platform Ecosystems 📊 Data-Driven Strategy 🎯 Customer Experience

Bank 4.0

Banking is leaving the building. The companies winning never had branches to begin with.

by Brett King 2018 352 pages

4.07

500+ ratings

💳 Fintech 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔗 Platform Ecosystems 📊 Data-Driven Strategy 🎯 Customer Experience

Tower of Basel

by Adam LeBor • 2013

The untouchable bank that laundered Nazi gold, escaped its execution, and then designed the Euro.

3.83

500+

🏦 Central Banking 🌐 International Finance 📜 Monetary History 💣 Wartime Finance 🇪🇺 European Integration

Tower of Basel

The untouchable bank that laundered Nazi gold, escaped its execution, and then designed the Euro.

by Adam LeBor 2013 360 pages

3.83

500+ ratings

🏦 Central Banking 🌐 International Finance 📜 Monetary History 💣 Wartime Finance 🇪🇺 European Integration

Central Banking 101

by Joseph J. Wang • 2021

Your bank deposits aren't stored cash. A former Fed trader explains the hidden machinery of money.

4.39

1k+

🏦 Central Banking 💵 Money And Banking 🏚️ Shadow Banking 💲 Dollar Hegemony 📉 Financial Crises

Central Banking 101

Your bank deposits aren't stored cash. A former Fed trader explains the hidden machinery of money.

by Joseph J. Wang 2021 227 pages

4.39

1k+ ratings

🏦 Central Banking 💵 Money And Banking 🏚️ Shadow Banking 💲 Dollar Hegemony 📉 Financial Crises

Digital Bank

by Chris Skinner • 2013

A bank is no longer a place. It is a platform. What that demands of the industry.

3.71

237

🏦 Digital Banking 💻 Financial Technology 📱 Mobile Banking 📊 Data Driven Strategy 🔌 Platform Models

Digital Bank

A bank is no longer a place. It is a platform. What that demands of the industry.

by Chris Skinner 2013 348 pages

3.71

237 ratings

🏦 Digital Banking 💻 Financial Technology 📱 Mobile Banking 📊 Data Driven Strategy 🔌 Platform Models

Monkey Business

by John Rolfe • 2000

Private jets, $209,000 bonuses, and a copy center that could destroy you. Two bankers tell all.

3.97

6k+

🪙 Investment Banking ☣️ Toxic Workplaces 🤡 Career Disillusionment ⚖️ Work-Life Imbalance 📰 Financial Industry Exposé

Monkey Business

Private jets, $209,000 bonuses, and a copy center that could destroy you. Two bankers tell all.

by John Rolfe 2000 288 pages

3.97

6k+ ratings

🪙 Investment Banking ☣️ Toxic Workplaces 🤡 Career Disillusionment ⚖️ Work-Life Imbalance 📰 Financial Industry Exposé

Bank 3.0

by Brett King • 2012

Customers check phones twice daily and branches twice yearly. Banks are built for the opposite.

3.63

384

🏦 Retail Banking 💻 Digital Transformation 📱 Fintech ⚡ Digital Disruption 😊 Customer Experience

Bank 3.0

Customers check phones twice daily and branches twice yearly. Banks are built for the opposite.

by Brett King 2012 396 pages

3.63

384 ratings

🏦 Retail Banking 💻 Digital Transformation 📱 Fintech ⚡ Digital Disruption 😊 Customer Experience

The Internet of Money, Volume Three

by Andreas M. Antonopoulos • 2019

Money without gatekeepers means financial privacy is no longer a favor, but a feature.

4.29

357

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🔗 Decentralization 🔒 Financial Privacy 📂 Open-Source Ethos 👤 Cypherpunk Ideals

The Internet of Money, Volume Three

Money without gatekeepers means financial privacy is no longer a favor, but a feature.

by Andreas M. Antonopoulos 2019 162 pages

4.29

357 ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🔗 Decentralization 🔒 Financial Privacy 📂 Open-Source Ethos 👤 Cypherpunk Ideals

The Bankers' New Clothes

by Anat Admati • 2013

The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.

3.83

500+

🏦 Banking Regulation 🐍 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 📉 Leverage

The Bankers' New Clothes

The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.

by Anat Admati 2013 416 pages

3.83

500+ ratings

🏦 Banking Regulation 🐍 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 📉 Leverage

The New Lombard Street

by Perry G. Mehrling • 2010

The Fed's 1873 playbook broke in 2008. The new role: dealer of last resort.

4.26

274

🏦 Central Banking 📜 Monetary History 🔧 Financial Plumbing 🔄 Credit Cycles 🕶️ Shadow Banking

The New Lombard Street

The Fed's 1873 playbook broke in 2008. The new role: dealer of last resort.

by Perry G. Mehrling 2010 192 pages

4.26

274 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 📜 Monetary History 🔧 Financial Plumbing 🔄 Credit Cycles 🕶️ Shadow Banking

Bank 2.0

by Brett King • 2010

The banking business model is broken. The replacement is already in your pocket.

3.61

193

🏦 Retail Banking 💼 Financial Services 🔄 Digital Transformation ⚡ Technology Disruption 📱 Fintech Disruption

Bank 2.0

The banking business model is broken. The replacement is already in your pocket.

by Brett King 2010 526 pages

3.61

193 ratings

🏦 Retail Banking 💼 Financial Services 🔄 Digital Transformation ⚡ Technology Disruption 📱 Fintech Disruption

High Financier

by Niall Ferguson • 2010

A German exile predicted globalization. Then he built the London bank to finance it.

3.71

251

🏦 Investment Banking 👪 Family Dynasties 📜 Financial History 🏛️ City Of London 🧳 Exile And Identity

High Financier

A German exile predicted globalization. Then he built the London bank to finance it.

by Niall Ferguson 2010 576 pages

3.71

251 ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 👪 Family Dynasties 📜 Financial History 🏛️ City Of London 🧳 Exile And Identity

Lombard Street

by Walter Bagehot • 1873

All England's credit rests on one institution. When it wobbles, the money market panics.

3.89

435

🏦 Central Banking 🚨 Financial Panics 🔄 Credit Cycles 🧠 Market Psychology 📚 Classical Economics

Lombard Street

All England's credit rests on one institution. When it wobbles, the money market panics.

by Walter Bagehot 1873 188 pages

3.89

435 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 🚨 Financial Panics 🔄 Credit Cycles 🧠 Market Psychology 📚 Classical Economics

The Last Tycoons

by William D. Cohan • 2007

No loans, no ads, no apologies. How Lazard Frères traded on intellect and ruled Wall Street.

3.85

1k+

🏦 Investment Banking 📈 Wall Street History 🤝 Corporate Mergers 🚨 Crisis Management 🔒 Secretive Institutions

The Last Tycoons

No loans, no ads, no apologies. How Lazard Frères traded on intellect and ruled Wall Street.

by William D. Cohan 2007 752 pages

3.85

1k+ ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 📈 Wall Street History 🤝 Corporate Mergers 🚨 Crisis Management 🔒 Secretive Institutions

Breaking Banks

by Brett King • 2014

Physical bank branches are dying. Their replacements are apps built by coders who own no vaults.

3.68

140

🏦 Digital Banking 💥 Fintech Disruption 📱 Branchless Banking 🔌 Embedded Finance 💳 Payment Innovation

Breaking Banks

Physical bank branches are dying. Their replacements are apps built by coders who own no vaults.

by Brett King 2014 288 pages

3.68

140 ratings

🏦 Digital Banking 💥 Fintech Disruption 📱 Branchless Banking 🔌 Embedded Finance 💳 Payment Innovation

The Lost Bank

by Kirsten Grind • 2012

A $1.88 billion fire sale and a silent bank run: inside the collapse of Washington Mutual.

4.12

1k+

🏦 Banking History 💥 Financial Crises 💸 Subprime Lending ☣️ Toxic Corporate Culture ⚖️ Regulatory Failure

The Lost Bank

A $1.88 billion fire sale and a silent bank run: inside the collapse of Washington Mutual.

by Kirsten Grind 2012 400 pages

4.12

1k+ ratings

🏦 Banking History 💥 Financial Crises 💸 Subprime Lending ☣️ Toxic Corporate Culture ⚖️ Regulatory Failure

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve

by Peter Conti-Brown • 2016

The Fed wasn't born independent: three political remakings built it, each driven by personality.

4.21

137

🏦 Central Banking 📉 Monetary Policy 🗳️ Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Governance 📋 Bureaucratic Politics

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve

The Fed wasn't born independent: three political remakings built it, each driven by personality.

by Peter Conti-Brown 2016 368 pages

4.21

137 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 📉 Monetary Policy 🗳️ Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Governance 📋 Bureaucratic Politics

Investment Banking

by Joshua Rosenbaum • 2009

Comps, precedents, DCF, LBOs: the step-by-step valuation toolkit for investment banking.

4.32

1k+

💼 Investment Banking 🏢 Corporate Finance 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 💰 Leveraged Buyouts 📊 Financial Modeling

Investment Banking

Comps, precedents, DCF, LBOs: the step-by-step valuation toolkit for investment banking.

by Joshua Rosenbaum 2009 336 pages

4.32

1k+ ratings

💼 Investment Banking 🏢 Corporate Finance 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 💰 Leveraged Buyouts 📊 Financial Modeling

Goldman Sachs

by Lisa Endlich • 1999

One rule built Wall Street's last private giant: every partner was personally liable for every loss.

3.50

500+

🏦 Investment Banking 📜 Wall Street History 🏢 Corporate History 🧩 Organizational Culture ⚠️ Risk Management

Goldman Sachs

One rule built Wall Street's last private giant: every partner was personally liable for every loss.

by Lisa Endlich 1999 344 pages

3.50

500+ ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 📜 Wall Street History 🏢 Corporate History 🧩 Organizational Culture ⚠️ Risk Management

A Demon of Our Own Design

by Richard Bookstaber • 2007

Why safer economies create more volatile markets: a hidden design flaw that turns progress to peril.

3.92

1k+

🏦 Financial Markets ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🔧 Financial Engineering 🕸️ Complex Systems 📉 Financial Crises

A Demon of Our Own Design

Why safer economies create more volatile markets: a hidden design flaw that turns progress to peril.

by Richard Bookstaber 2007 288 pages

3.92

1k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Markets ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🔧 Financial Engineering 🕸️ Complex Systems 📉 Financial Crises

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