Part I: Management of Banks


1. Managing Banking and Financial Services—Current Issues and Future Challenges


2. Monetary Policy—Implications for Bank Management


3. Banks' Financial Statements


4. Sources of Bank Funds


5. Uses of Bank Funds—The Lending Function


6. Banks in India—Credit Delivery and Legal Aspects of Lending


7. Credit Monitoring, Sickness and Rehabilitation


8. Managing Credit Risk— An Overview


9. Managing Credit Risk— Advanced Topics


10. Managing Market Risk- Banks Investment Portfolio


11. Capital—Risk, Regulation and Adequacy


12. Managing Interest Rate and Liquidity Risks


13. Banking Functions, Retail Banking and Laws in Everyday Banking


14. Banking System—Services and Innovations


15. International Banking—Foreign Exchange and Trade Finance


16. High-Tech Banking—E-Payment Systems and Electronic Banking


17. Understanding Financial Services


18. Insurance Services


19. Mutual Funds, Securities Trading, Universal Banking and Credit Rating


20. Cash Management and Demand Forecasting in ATMs


21. Mergers and Acquisitions in the Banking Sector


22. Innovations in Products and Services—Cases of Three Banks


23. Innovations in Products and Services in Banking—Cases of Public and Private Sector Banks

The dynamic banking and financial services sector in the country requires prudent decision making skills. Management of Banking and Financial Services provides students and practitioners with a thorough understanding of managerial issues in the banking and financial services industry, enabling them to evaluate the overall organisational impact of their decisions. In this third edition, all the chapters have been rigorously updated to include contemporary topics and applications from 2013. A new chapter, 'Financial Services Classified', has been added to address contemporary issues from the industry. The introductory chapter deals with the future of the banking industry in the context of the global financial and economic crisis, while the other chapters include advanced topics like 'credit risk management' that discuss various models of credit risk measurement and management.
The new features in this 3rd


• Key Takeaways on each chapter


• Summary at the end of each chapter


• Detailed Annexures containing technical details or advanced concepts for additional reading


• Chapter-end questions to test the students' understanding of concepts


• Box exhibits, worked out problems and illustrations to elucidate key concepts and practices


• Topics and web references to aid further academic research


• More case studies and live examples have been added


• Additional problems to provide students with the opportunity to analyze data and


circumstances to facilitate a clear understanding of basic concepts


edition include: