New in paperback. Hardcover was publshed 2019. Taking a global perspective, this Handbook examines banking systems in the United States, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, Africa, the European Union, transitioncountries of Europe, and Latin America. Thematic issues covered include financial innovation and technological change; consumer and mortgage lending; Islamic banking; and how banks influence real economic activity. Fully revised and now including brand new chapters on a range of geographical regions, bank bailouts and bail-ins, and behavioral economics amongst many other topics.