Modern Bank; A Description of Its Functions and Methods and a Brief Account of the Development and Present Systems of Banking (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1904. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INDEX Acceptances or accepted drafts, 104. Accepted, or certified, check, 90. Accepted items for Clearing-House, 63. Account current with correspondent banks, 178. Accounts, how kept in deposit ledgers, 174; active and inactive, 174; form of individual, 176; in general ledger, 180; in savings-banks, 247. Adding machine, description and use, 53; for listing checks, 95, 98; modi- fication in savings-bank, 249. Additions to Clearing-House list, 62, 64. African Banking Corporation, 277, 302. Agencies of foreign banks in the United States, 227. Alabama, early banking in, 316. Alphabetical index of depositors, 47; of correspondent banks, 78; of cities and towns, 79; list of depositors' paid checks, 98; index of credit in- formation, 131; filing of loan en- velopes, 144; indexes for dividend collections, 153; arrangement of ledger accounts, 170, 177. American banking, tendencies of, 334. American exchange in London, 232. Amsterdam, Bank of, 263. Anti-bank movement in New York, 314. Antwerp, first banks in, 262, 264. Arithmometer, same as adding machine, 53, 95, 98, 249. Articles of association of United States national banks, 26. Assets, as they appear in general ledger, 181; in reports to Comptroller, 190; distribution in case of failure, 202. Associations of banks and bankers, 204. Australasia, Bank of, 302. Austria-Hungary, banking in, 274, 297. Austro-Hungarian Bank, 294, 297. Automatic cashier for making change, 87. Balance card, use of, 48. Balance ledger, how arranged, 94; en- tries in, 95; purpose of, 170; how kept, 171. Balance ticket at Clearing-House, 69. Balances, settlement of, by banks, 16; of depositors, 48; settlement at Clearing-House, 70, 72; settlement of, in domestic exchange, 112; how kept in deposit or individual ledgers, 175; settlement of, in fo...