The Banking System as a crucial component of the global economy. Provide Safety. Act as Payment Agents. Economic Concepts in Banking. Settle Payments. Credit Intermediation. Maturity Transformation. Money Creation. Wholesale Deposits. Buy/Hold Securities.
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The Banking System: Introduction Accounting for trillions in assets worldwide, the banking system is a crucial component of the global economy. While money-changing and money-lending may be as old as money, banking dates back to 15th century medieval Italy, and played a major role in the rise of the Italian city-states as world economic powers. Ever since, the health of an economy and the health of its banks have been interrelated; the global credit crisis, precipitated by the collapse of the subprime