Includes bibliographical references and index.

The changing nature of banks -- Panics, bank runs, and coordination problems -- Collapsing dominos and asset price spirals -- The financial safety net and moral hazard -- Sources of financial regulation -- Bank licensing and corporate governance -- Bank in corporate groups : ownership and affiliation -- The rationale for bank capital regulation -- The new capital adequacy framework : Basel II and credit risk -- The new capital adequacy framework : Basel II and other risks -- Direct limits on banks' risk taking -- Consolidated supervision and financial conglomerates -- Anti-money laundering -- Bank insolvency -- Institutional structures of regulation -- Regulation after the global financial crisis.