The Oxford Handbook of Banking: 4th Edition

The Oxford Handbook of Banking (4th edition) provides an overview and analysis of developments and research in banking written by leading researchers in the field. This handbook will appeal to graduate students of economics, banking and finance, academics, practitioners, regulators, and policy makers. Consequently, the handbook strikes a balance between abstract theory, empirical analysis, and practitioner and policy-related material.

This handbook is a one-stop source of relevant research in banking. It examines: the fundamentals of banking; traditional and new challenges to the banking model; models for banking services delivery; regulatory and policy perspectives; and global, regional and country perspectives on banking This fourth edition comprises new chapters and material, including banks and financial markets in a digital age, FinTech and BigTechs, financial literacy, financial inclusion, sustainable banking, stress testing and macroprudential regulation.

Allen N. Berger is H. Montague Osteen, Jr., Professor in Banking and Finance, Carolina Distinguished Professor, Co-Founder/Co-Director of the Center for Financial Institutions (CFI) at the Darla Moore School of Business, officer of the Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS), and 2022 President, affiliated with the Wharton Financial Institutions Center, European Banking Center, and other research centers globally. He serves on editorial boards of eight research journals.

Philip Molyneux (1959-2023) was International Visiting Professor and Chair in Banking & Finance at Leeds University. Previous he was he was Head of the College of Business, Education, Law and Social Sciences at Bangor University, and Head of the College of Business, University of Sharjah, UAE. His main area of research was on the structure and efficiency of banking markets and he has published widely in this area. Recent publications appear in the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Banking & Finance. He has co-written / edited over 35 books and is also the series editor of the Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions - with over 150 books in the series to date. In the past, Philip has acted as a consultant to: New York Federal Reserve Bank, World Bank, European Commission, UK Treasury; Citibank Private Bank, Barclays Wealth, McKinsey, Credit Suisse, and various other international banks and consulting firms.

John Wilson is Professor of Banking & Finance, Head of the Department of Finance, and Director of the Centre for Responsible Banking & Finance at the University of St Andrews. He has held visiting positions to University of Limoges, Helsinki School of Economics and University College Dublin. He has published over 80 articles in journals including the Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Money Credit & Banking and the Journal of Corporate Finance. He is the author/co-author of numerous books, including European Banking: Efficiency, Technology and Growth and Banking: A Very Short Introduction. He has written commissioned reports for the Scottish Government, the UK Financial Conduct Authority, and the South African Reserve Bank. He also advised the Irish Government.