Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking
About the Book Series
This series explores the roles of money and banking in the modern world. Banking is an increasingly important and international industry, and its interaction with money is a major concern for the world's economic policy-makers.
Central Bank Digital Currencies in Asia Pacific: Barriers to Design, Development and Implementation
1st Edition
By Simeon Lawson
July 03, 2026
Advanced and emerging economies within Asia Pacific are exploring Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) as the next step towards digital public money to ensure monetary systems are appropriate, adaptive, and future-proof. Each jurisdiction will encounter its own subtly unique challenges in ...
Financial Instability and Systemic Risk: From the Global Financial Crisis and Beyond
1st Edition
By Jagoda Kaszowska-Mojsa
June 26, 2026
The Global Financial Crisis revealed that systemic fragility arises not only from identifiable risks but also from systemic uncertainty—the endogenous and often unpredictable dynamics that build up within financial systems and amplify across time and space. More than a decade later, this dual ...
Green Bonds and Sustainable Finance: The Evolution of Portfolio Management in Conventional Markets
1st Edition
Edited
By Muhammad Saeed Meo, Marcin W. Staniewski
May 31, 2026
This book introduces green bonds and their significance in portfolio management and sustainable finance. It emphasizes the significance of green bonds in terms of two primary factors: environmental sustainability and investor return. The book establishes the definitions, features, and typology of ...
Strategic Risk Management and Sustainable Banking
1st Edition
By Jason Crawford, Fredrik Nilsson
May 29, 2026
This book examines the role of strategic risk management (SRM) in the transformation of banks and their customers towards more sustainable business practices. Banks play a particularly important role in this transformation because they have been tasked with redirecting capital flows to sustainable ...
Sustainable Finance and ESG Investing: Integration and Performance
1st Edition
Edited
By Kirti Sood, Vikas Sharma, Andreia de Bem Machado
May 29, 2026
In the dynamic landscape of contemporary finance, the emergence and growth of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing signifies a paradigm shift, redefining the foundational tenets of portfolio analysis and management. This book provides a comprehensive examination of ESG investing, ...
Behavioural Finance and Ethical Investing
1st Edition
By Kok Loang Ooi, Wee Yeap Lau
March 04, 2026
Contextualising the effective and ineffective approaches to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) implementation across the globe from a behavioural finance perspective, this book covers a range of considerations that must be made when firms choose the sustainable path. This book begins with ...
Environmental, Social and Governance Practices in the FinTech Era: Credit Markets and the Future of Lending
1st Edition
Edited
By Valeria Stefanelli, Matteo Cotugno
February 13, 2026
In the Twin Transition era, digital technologies and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) paradigms are changing the dynamics of the financial industry in terms of the operators involved and the service models addressed to customers. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the ...
Banking Reforms in Africa: Implications for Economic Welfare and Poverty Reduction
1st Edition
By Agnes Olatokunbo Martins
December 26, 2025
This book comprehensively explores the intricate relationship between banking reforms, economic well-being, and poverty reduction across the African continent. Delving into the historical roots of banking reforms, it examines the resilience of banking sectors in key African countries like South ...
International Banking in Global Perspective
1st Edition
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By Carmela D'Avino, Mimoza Shabani
December 26, 2025
Banks play the most vital role in the economy by acting as financial intermediaries and providing the necessary credit to fund consumption and investment, thereby effecting real economic activity. Banks have been in existence for centuries and while the core of their function remains the same, ...
Non-Fungible Tokens: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Usman W. Chohan
December 26, 2025
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have blossomed into an area of immense cultural, investment, and academic interest, and this groundswell of fascination with non-fungible digital tokenization has been accompanied by a variety of attitudes towards their function, purpose, and potential. Some advocates ...
Clean Energy Funds and Portfolio Diversification
1st Edition
Edited
By Muhammad Saeed Meo, Calvin Cheong Wing Hoh, Lianne Lee Mei Quin, Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo
November 28, 2025
This book provides a comprehensive understanding of clean energy funds (CEFs). It examines clean energy from two perspectives: environmental sustainability, aligning with the current and future global agenda, and financial viability, emphasizing its significance for investor returns, portfolio ...
Financial Regulation, Governance, and Stability: Building an Inclusive and Resilient Financial Future
1st Edition
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By Ibrahim Nandom Yakubu, Ayhan Kapusuzoglu, Nildag Basak Ceylan
November 14, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted global financial systems, exposing vulnerabilities in regulatory frameworks and governance structures. As economies struggled to recover, it became clear that new approaches were needed to ensure stability and mitigate future risks. In addition, the ...