Chapter one Money
1 What Is Money?
2 Development of Money
3 Desirable Properties of Money
4 Functions of Money
5 Measuring Money
6 Motives for Holding Money
Chapter Two An Overview of the Financial Industry in China
1 Banking Sector
2 Securities Sector
3 Insurance Innovation and Prospect of Insurance
Chapter Three Central Banking and Supervision of
Financial lnstitutions
1 Origin of Central Bank
2 Functions of a Central Bank
3 The Federal Reserve System
4 Three TooIs for Central Banking(Taking the Fed as an Example)
5 Banking Supervision
6 Securities Supervision
7 Insurance Supervision
Chapter Four Overview of Commercial Banks
1 Direct Finance and Indirect Finance
2 Ma ior Functions of Commercial Banks
3 Assets and Liabilities of a Commercial Bank
4 off．Balance．Sheet Activities
5 Theories of Bank Management
Chapter Five Bank Loans
1 Definition and Categories of Loans
2 The Credit Process
3 Post．Disbursement Management
Chapter Six International Payment
1 Survey Of International Payment
2 Instruments for International Settlement
3 Methods of InternatiOnal Settlement
4 Documents Used in InternatiOnal Settlement
Chapter Seven Bank Accounting
1 What Is Accounting?
2 Accounting Basis
3 Accounting Controls
4 The Chart of Accounts of a Bank
5 Account RecOnciliation
6 Types of Income and Expenditure of a Bank
7 Assets and Liabilities of a Bank
8 Bad and Doubtful Debts
9 Foreign Exchange Transactions
10 The Cash Flows of a Bank
Chapter Eight Securities and Financial Markets
1 Major Characteristics of Securities
2 Money Market
3 Capital Market
4 Internationalization of Financial Markets
Chapter Nine Foreign Exchange
1 Foreign Exchange and Its Market
2 Foreign Exchange Rate
3 Exchange Rate System
4 Exchange Controls
5 Foreign Exchange Risk
6 Overview of Chinese Foreign Exchange System
7 Types of Transaction in Foreign Exchange Market
Chapter Ten Insurance
1 Insurance and Risks
2 Mathematic Basis of Insurance
3 Principles of Insurance
4 Insurance Contracts
5 Types of Insurance
6 Entities in Insurance Market
7 Insurance Management Practice
Chapter Eleven Bank Letters and Telecommunications
1 Bank Letters
2 Telex
3 SWIFT
4 Memos
5 Email
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