A REGULATORY MATTERS 3
1. The Regulation of Deposit-Taking Business 3
2. EU Banking Law 19
3. The Conduct of Retail Banking and Investment Business 35
4. The Regulation of Lending Business 51
5. The Regulation of Payment Services 75
6. Capital Adequacy， Liquidity， and Large Exposures 117
7. Money Laundering Legislation 143
8. The Market Regulators 173
B MERGER， REORGANIZATION， AND INSOLVENCY OF BANKS 193
9. UK Bank Mergers and Business Transfers 193
10. Foreign Bank Mergers 209
11. Bank Rescues and Financial Stability in the United Kingdom 219
12. Cross-Border Reorganization and Winding Up of Banks 251
13. Deposit Protection Schemes 265
14. The Liability of the Regulator 281
C THE BANKER-CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP 297
15. The Banker-Customer Contract 297
16. Cheques 313
17. Duties of the Paying Bank 321
18. Duties of the Collecting Bank 339
19. Electronic Funds Transfers 349
D THE BANK AS SERVICE PROVIDER 365
20. The Bank as a Lender 365
21. Syndicated Loans 387
22. Trading Loan Assets 411
23. Swaps and Derivatives 425
24. Bank Guarantees， Performance Bonds， and Documentary Credits 435
25. Sources of Bank Liability 471
E GUARANTEES AND SECURITY 479
26. Guarantees 479
27. Security—Characterization， Formalities， and Registration 511
28. Types of Security 533
29. Charges Over Shares and Other Securities 543
30. Charges Over Receivables 553
31. Charges Over Bank Balances 559
32. Charges Over Real Estate 563
33. Charges Over Aircraft 579
34. Charges Over Ships 585
35. Financial Collateral Arrangements 591
36. Lien and Set-off 603
37. Vitiating Factors—‘Financial Assistance’ 609
38. Transactions Between Companies and their Directors 623
39. Avoidance of Security in Insolvency 627
F SELECTED CROSS-BORDER ISSUES 641
40. The Banker-Customer Contract in Private International Law 641
41. Cross-Border Financial Services， Consumer Protection， and Unfair Contract Terms 657
42. The Banker’s Duty of Confidentiality 675
43. Freezing Injunctions and International Banks 711
44. Execution Proceedings and Foreign Deposits 731
45. Liability for Branch Deposits and the Impact of Foreign Law 739
46. Economic Sanctions 757
47. Customer Obligations and Foreign Law 761
G ISLAMIC FINANCE 767
48. Islamic Finance—Principles and Structures 767
49. Islamic Finance Transactions in the Courts 787
50. Corporate and Regulatory Issues 801
51. Harmonization and the Development of the International Islamic Financial Markets 813
Index 821