1 What Is Money? 2 Development of Money 3 Desirable Properties of Money 4 Functions of Money 5 Measuring Money 6 Motives for Holding Money Chapter Two An Overview of the Financial Industry in China 1 Banking Sector 2 Securities Sector 3 Insurance Innovation and Prospect of Insurance Chapter Three Central Banking and Supervision of Financial lnstitutions 1 Origin of Central Bank 2 Functions of a Central Bank 3 The Federal Reserve System 4 Three TooIs for Central Banking(Taking the Fed as an Example) 5 Banking Supervision 6 Securities Supervision 7 Insurance Supervision Chapter Four Overview of Commercial Banks 1 Direct Finance and Indirect Finance 2 Ma ior Functions of Commercial Banks 3 Assets and Liabilities of a Commercial Bank 4 off.Balance.Sheet Activities 5 Theories of Bank Management Chapter Five Bank Loans 1 Definition and Categories of Loans 2 The Credit Process 3 Post.Disbursement Management Chapter Six International Payment 1 Survey Of International Payment 2 Instruments for International Settlement 3 Methods of InternatiOnal Settlement 4 Documents Used in InternatiOnal Settlement Chapter Seven Bank Accounting 1 What Is Accounting? 2 Accounting Basis 3 Accounting Controls 4 The Chart of Accounts of a Bank 5 Account RecOnciliation 6 Types of Income and Expenditure of a Bank 7 Assets and Liabilities of a Bank 8 Bad and Doubtful Debts 9 Foreign Exchange Transactions 10 The Cash Flows of a Bank Chapter Eight Securities and Financial Markets 1 Major Characteristics of Securities 2 Money Market 3 Capital Market 4 Internationalization of Financial Markets Chapter Nine Foreign Exchange 1 Foreign Exchange and Its Market 2 Foreign Exchange Rate 3 Exchange Rate System 4 Exchange Controls 5 Foreign Exchange Risk 6 Overview of Chinese Foreign Exchange System 7 Types of Transaction in Foreign Exchange Market Chapter Ten Insurance 1 Insurance and Risks 2 Mathematic Basis of Insurance 3 Principles of Insurance 4 Insurance Contracts 5 Types of Insurance 6 Entities in Insurance Market 7 Insurance Management Practice Chapter Eleven Bank Letters and Telecommunications 1 Bank Letters 2 Telex 3 SWIFT 4 Memos 5 Email Bibliography