Financial World Publishing has developed a series of dictionaries on international banking and finance. As the publishing imprint of an educational institute that delivers and administers professional finance qualifications at a variety of levels around the world, they appreciate the need for and are able to deliver simplified explanations of terms in use within the global financial system for students and practitioners alike. Their range of dictionaries has been developed with an international audience in mind, and each provides succinct, clear explanations. For students and practitioners alike, this resource provides retail and investment banking terms, products, theories and concepts. In this dictionary over 4000 terms in the fields of retail and wholesale banking are defined. Right up to date with the regulatory environment, as well as with products and services provided through the increasing use of technology by financial services companies, it includes procedures and documentation in use in both front- and back-office functions and all international bodies.