Payment Systems, Monetary Policy and the Role of the Central Bank

Author/Editor:

Omotunde E. G. Johnson ; Jean-Marc Destresse ; Nicholas Roberts ; Mark Swinburne ; Tonny Lybek ; Richard K. Abrams

Publication Date:

March 18, 1998

Summary:

A payment system encompasses a set of instruments and means generally acceptable in making payments; the institutional and organizational framework governing such payments, including prudential regulation; and the operating procedures and communications network used to initiate and transmit payment information from payer to payee and to settle payments. This book, by Omotunde E.G. Johnson, with Richard K. Abrams, Jean-Marc Destresse, Tony Lybek, Nicholas Roberts, and Mark Swinburne, identifies main policy and strategic issues in payment system reform, describes the structure of payment systems in selected countries, highlights areas of consensus, and suggests the direction for future policy analysis.

Series:

Books

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

March 18, 1998

ISBN/ISSN:

9781557756268

Stock No:

PSMPEA0000000

Pages:

275

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