The lending industry is comprised of a wide variety of sectors, such as banking, credit cards, mortgages, leasing and consumer finance. Many of these sectors have interconnections and synergies. In addition, a large number of related services and technologies have a major influence on the lending and credit business. These services include e-commerce, credit risk analysis, call centers and information technologies. Rapid changes have taken place in lending in recent years. For example, large amounts of business and consumer debt are now syndicated or securitized. Meanwhile, non-bank firms, such as GE, have become immense competitors in the lending arena, and international acquisitions are shaping up the globalized banking industry of the near future.
This carefully-researched book (which includes a database of leading companies on CD-ROM) is a banking, credit and mortgages market research and business intelligence tool-- everything you need to know about the business of banking, credit cards, mortgages and lending, including:
- Money center banks.
- Regional and branch banks.
- Savings associations.
- Globalization of the banking and lending industries, including our profiles of the world’s leading international banking firms.
- Mortgage banking and brokerage.
- Home equity loans.
- Credit cards.
- Lending and other services provided by non-bank enterprises.
- Significant trends in banking and lending technologies.
- Risk analysis, payment processing, call centers and other support services.
- Online banking trends.
- ATM trends and technologies.
- Banking industry software.
You’ll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package. It contains thousands of contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites and other resources. This book also includes statistical tables, an industry glossary and thorough indexes. The corporate profiles section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of the 350 leading companies in all facets of the banking, credit cards, lending, mortgages and leasing industry. Here you'll find complete profiles of the hot companies that are making news today, the largest, most successful corporations in the business. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled.
"In effect, the editors reach beyond traditional institutions to capture the broad panorama of firms that use recent technological, legal, economic and cultural changes in the way U.S. companies and individuals manage their money. In this way, the book distinguishes itself from most others in the field which are restricted to a particular area such as banking…It will appeal to a broad spectrum of…users." (A review of the original volume.)
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