The Encyclopedia of American Industry, Non-manufacturing Industries
(Reference HC 102 .E53 v.2)
Provides brief, focused analyses of narrowly defined industries. The major segments of the banking industry analyzed are:
Federal Reserve Banks (SIC 6011)
National Commercial Banks (SIC 6021)
State Commercial Banks (SIC 6022)
Savings Institutions, Federally Chartered (SIC 6035)
Savings Institutions, Not Federally Chartered (SIC 6036)
Credit Unions, Federally Chartered (SIC 6061)
Credit Unions, Not Federally Chartered (SIC 6062)
Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks (SIC 6081)
Foreign Trade and International Banking Institutions (SIC 6082)
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys (Desk Reference HG 4905 .S64)
Provides an introduction to the Banking Industry, including a broad industry overview, industry profiles and analysis, lists of trade publications, and comparative company analysis for leading firms in the industry.
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate USA 4th ed. (Reference HG 181 .F56)
Details industry location by state, regional concentration, and key industry data.
Ranking the Banks by American Banker
Provides ranked lists of world banks, thrifts, the industry, bank holding companies, commercial banks, and recent tables for new additions. Requires an expensive subscription or registration for a free 2 week trial.
Big Charts - Industry Index: DJ US Financials Index
Provides stock price information for banks and savings and loans.
2002 Economic Census - Finance and Insurance - 2002 Summary Statistics, 2002 Geographic Area Series, 2002 Industry Series
Provides data on revenue and employment size of establishments; firm size (revenue, employment, single unit and multiunit, and concentration ratios); and legal form of organization.
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To find books, do a subject search in the Milner catalog, using the following subject headings:
BANK combined with another term (BANK MARKETING, BANK MERGERS, etc.)
BANKING LAW
BANKS AND BANKING
COMMERCIAL LOANS
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
Searching these subject headings may result in hundreds of hits. To limit the number of hits, these subjects may be further sub-divided by topic as you search.
Other useful subject headings include:
BANKERS
CREDIT UNIONS
DEVELOPMENT BANKS
FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS
MERCHANT BANKS
SAVINGS BANKS
TRUST COMPANIES
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Banking Glossary by AmericanStateBank.
Commercial Banking Glossary by AmSouth Bank.
Dictionary of Banking Terms 4th ed. (Reference HG 151 .F57 2000)
Fitzroy Dearborn Encyclopedia of Banking and Finance (Reference HG 151 .F58 1994)
Defines basic banking, business, and financial terms, with in-depth entries covering historical background, analysis of recent trends, statistical data, citations of applicable laws and regulations, and illustrative examples.
Glossary: Terms Related to the Federal Resrve, Banking, and Economics
Dictionary provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money & Finance 3 vols. (Reference HG 151 .N48 1992)
Covers theory and doctrine, as well as institutional analysis and description, monetary history, and problems of financial deregulation; most entries have brief bibliographies.
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Credit Unions Online
Provides a directory of links to credit union sites. Can be searched by credit union name or by state or province. Created by CommonBond Communications, Inc.
Directory of the World's Banks (Reference HG 1536 .D57)
FDIC Institution Directory
Provides financial statements, demographic data, and performance and condition ratios for every FDIC-insured institution.
NCUA Credit Union Directory
Provided by the National Credit Union Administration.
North American Financial Institutions Directory (Reference HG 1536 .P63503)
Lists head offices and branches with full address, telephone and fax numbers, ABA routing numbers, funds processing data, names of major officers and correspondent institutions, and financial summaries.
U.S. Banks on the Internet
Lists banks with web sites by state and state financial services regulatory agencies and financial services associations.
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Bankrate.com
Provides information on rates for mortgages, auto loans, home equity, credit cards, online banking, and more.
Banking Data and Research
A bibliographic essay with links prepared by Ruth Kobylecky Humphrey for the American Library Association. Old, but still useful.
Banks and Financial Services
Rutgers University guide to resources.
Credit-to-Cash Advisor
Provides articles, resources, and links on credit management from ABC/Amega Inc.
EDGAR Company Search
Provides the reports filed with the SEC since 1993 by publicly-traded state and national commercial banks, savings institutions, credit unions, or other forms of depository institutions.
Financial Compound Interest and Annuity Tables (Reference HG 1634 .F46 1980)
Provides the six standard tables for compound interest work for many rates and numbers of periods. Also useful are the online financial calculators in Formulas, Calculators, & Tables.
Historical Statistics on Banking
From the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the site provides annual statistical information on the banking industry including commercial banking, savings institution, and bank and thrift failure reports from 1934 to 1999.
Information Sources in Finance and Banking (Reference HG 151.7 .L47 1996)
A guide to hundreds of printed souces with worldwide coverage.
Mergent Bank and Finance Manual 3 vol. (Reference HG 4961 .M65)
Annual manual providing descriptive, historical, and financial information for over 3,000 banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, and federal credit agencies.
Thorndike Encyclopedia of Banking and Financial Tables (Reference HG 1626 .T49 1987)
Provides tables for use with various fixed income transactions involving an interest rate, such as mortgage, depreciation, annuities, installment loans, savings, investments, and rebates.
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Use Find It where indicated to locate online full text for these journals.
Trade and Professional Journals ABA Banking Journal (HG 1501 .B601) and Find It
American Banker Find It
Bank Director Magazine
A quarterly publication for directors of financial companies, the online publication offers the complete table of contents and a selection of articles from the current issue.
Bank Marketing (HG 1616 .M3 B36) and Find It
Credit Union Magazine Find It
Money (Floor 4 Desk HG 179 .M59) and Find It
RMA Journal (HG 1507 .R5704)
U.S. Banker (HG 1 .U302) and Find It
Academic Journals
Financial Services Review Find It
Journal of Banking and Finance (HG 23 .J68) and Find It
Journal of Financial Research (HG 1 .J653) and Find It
Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking (HG 1 .J64) and Find It
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance (HF 5001 .Q3301) and Find It
Federal Reserve Bank Journals
Bank Notes (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
Banking Brief (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Banking Legislation and Policy (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Central Banker (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Communities and Banking (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
Economic Letter (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
Economic Letters (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Economic Policy Review (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Economic Quarterly (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Federal Reserve Bulletin (HG 2401 .A5) and Find It
The Region (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
International Journals
Euromoney (HG 3881 .E665) and Find It
International Journal of Bank Marketing Find It
Private Banker International Find It
Retail Banker International Find It
In addition, full-text articles in many banking journals are available through the online databases and indexes listed above. Availability of individual titles can be determined by using Citation Linker: Journals.
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American Bankers Association (ABA)
The ABA is the trade organization representing the full-spectrum financial-services industry, including more than 90% of the nation's commercial banking assets. The site provides information about the ABA, lists of its publications, and links to related Web sites.
America’s Community Bankers
Represents all charter types and sizes of community banks.
Bank Administration Institute
Seeks to improve the performance of financial services companies and individuals through research, information, education and training.
Consumer Bankers Association
Represents retail banking issues in Washington.
Credit Union National Association (CUNA)
Provides a description of the structure and services of credit unions and their history.
Illinois Bankers Association
State professional organization, with news and program information.
Independent Community Bankers of America
Community banks' national trade association.
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
The national trade association focused on real estate finance.
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
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Banking: An Overview Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute.
Overview, with links to statutes, agency regulations, judicial decisions, and key internet resources.U.S. Code, Title 12. Banks and Banking.
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12, Parts 1 to 199. Banks and Banking.
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12, Banks and Banking, Chapter III. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
FDIC Law, Regulations, and Regulated Acts
Compilation of Basic Banking Laws Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Financial Services: Prepared for the Use of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives. (Committee Print 107-C, 2002)
Full text of more than 40 Federal laws pertaining to banking, from 1886 to the present. This PDF file is 1507 pages.
Comptroller of the Currency
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is an independent bureau of the Treasury Department. It is the oldest federal financial regulatory body and oversees the nation's federally chartered banks.
Conference of State Bank Supervisors
Links to state banking departments/commissions.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Provides information about the FDIC, as well as banking news, data, laws and regulations and other banking related information.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
The Council is an interagency body empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms for the federal examination of financial institutions by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) and to make recommendations to promote uniformity in the supervision of financial institutions.
Federal Housing Finance Board
Regulates the Federal Home Loan Banks that to improve the supply of funds to local lenders that finance loans for home mortgages.
Federal Reserve System Board of Governors
Entry point for Federal Reserve Board resources, including a description of the Federal Reserve System, text of testimony and speeches, press releases, reports to Congress, research, and links to related Web sites.
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
The NCUA is an independent federal agency that supervises and insures 7,329 federal credit unions and insures 4,358 state-chartered credit unions. It is funded by credit unions and receives no tax dollars. The site provides an overview and history of credit unions, news, data, reference materials (such as laws, and regulations), and links to other internet sites.
Office of Thrift Supervision
Securities & Exchange Commission
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Provides information about the FDIC, as well as banking news, data, laws and regulations and other banking related information, includig the following:
Bank and Thrift Failure Reports
An interactive database offering summary and detailed reports, searchable by geography, time period, insurance fund, charter type, and transaction type.
FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile
Provides statistical tables, graphs, and written analyses within 75 days after the end of each quarter for all insured commercial banks and savings institutions.
FDIC Reports of Condition & Income and Thrift Financial Reports
Provides the text of Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for commercial banks and Thrift Financial Reports for savings banks and related thrift institutions. Co-sponsored by the FDIC, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Reserve Board.
FDIC Summary of Deposits and Statistics on Banking
Detailed aggregate financial information and the number of institutions and branches for all FDIC-insured institutions.
Historical Statistics on Banking
Provides similar coverage, dating back to 1934.
Statistics on Depository Institutions
Interactive statistical service of the FDIC.
The Federal Reserve System Online
Provides links to each of the Federal Reserve Banks. Each of these regional banks collects and provides access to regional banking and economic statistics and research. Other Federal Reserve pages include:
Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the United States
Provides alimited aggregate balance sheet for all commercial banks in the U.S. and for several subgroups of banks: domestically chartered, large domestic, small domestic, and foreign-related.
Fed in Print
Indexes all economic research published by the Federal Reserve Banks, 1965 to the present.
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Provides such economic and financial statistics as interest rates, the money supply, and the flow of funds. Offers links to selected Bulletin articles since 1997.
FRED and ALFRED
Federal Reserve Economic Data and ArchivaL Federal Reserve Data. Provide historical U.S. economic and financial data, which can be downloaded in Microsoft Excel and text formats and viewed as charts of data series.
In Plain English - Making Sense of the Federal Reserve
Provides an easy-to-understand introduction to the Federal Reserve System, explaining the system's composition, responsibilities, regional structure, and more.
New York Times BanxQuote Banking Center
Provides daily quotes on online banking, loans and deposits offered by financial institutions in each market; metropolitan, state-by-state, regional and national composite benchmarks for each banking product; and snapshot profiles of the banking institutions.
Credit Union National Association (CUNA)
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
The NCUA is an independent federal agency that supervises and insures 7,329 federal credit unions and insures 4,358 state-chartered credit unions. It is funded by credit unions and receives no tax dollars. The site provides an overview and history of credit unions, news, data, reference materials (such as laws, and regulations), and links to other internet sites.
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
Provides a source for basic information on Community Development Credit Unions and the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, as well as links to the network of community development credit unions, other community development resources, and the broader credit union movement. Community development credit unions are financial cooperatives dedicated to serving predominantly low-income communities.
World Council of Credit Unions
Provides information about the WOCCU and credit unions, the international credit union movement, and the People-to- People (PTP) Program. Also lists meetings and publications.
Bank for International Settlements
An international organization for cooperation among central banks and other agencies seeking monetary and financial stability. The Federal Reserve Bank of the U.S. is a member. Significant sections of this website include:
Core Principles Methodology
The methodology used in determining The Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision, a global standard that has been endorsed by many countries worldwide.
Publications & Research
Provides access to a variety of publications and conference proceedings of the BIS.
Statisticis
Provides access to statistics on banking, securities, derivatives, foreign exchange and exchange rates, external debt, and payment systems.
Bank Information Center
A nonprofit, independent, non-governmental organization offers information on the projects, policies and practices of the World Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks.
Central Banks Online
New York University School of Law’s Center for the Study of Central Banks provides central bank statutes and basic banking laws, unpublished working papers and related materials, published works, and annual reports.
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Provides a history of the bank and detailed information about Ex-Im programs and links to trade, export, finance, business, governmental and international Internet resources.
Institute for Finance and Banking - Banking on the WWW at the University of Gottingen.
Introduces the institute, banking, academic research on banking, the World Bank, bank management, payment systems, currency exchanges, and related links of nterest.
International Monetary Fund
Qualisteam
A European banking and finance portal providing links to over 3,000 bank Websites worldwide, including financial institutions in Africa, Latin American, North America, and the Pacific, as well as Europe.
Structure and Share Data for U.S. Offices of Foreign Banks
Federal Reserve Board report on the assets, loans, and deposits of all foreign bank offices in the United States.
The World Bank
A Guide to the World Bank (Reference HG 3881.5 .W57 G853 2003)
Covers the organization and operations of the World Bank as well as topics in development.
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