This encyclopaedia provides a review of banking-related questions that might be faced in the financial market. It serves as both problem-solver and trouble-shooter, as well as offering research and information for strategic planning, presentations and reporting. In addition to defining many banking, business and financial terms, the work includes an array of legal, statistical, analytic and regulatory tools, such as: mathematical formulae and financial performance ratios, historical data on money supply to the prime rate, and international banking issues and perspectives.