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3.1 The
history of the development of different banking arrangements including
savings banks, banks of deposit, merchant banking, commercial banking,
post office savings, mattresses and piggy banks must be developed.
3.2 Tied in with the different institutions and their development
is the illustration of the different instruments from warehouse
receipts for deposits in Babylonian temples on through bank notes,
checks, plastic and wire transfers.
3.3 The role of banks as institutions trading in ways to minimize
the need for trust must be developed.
3.4 What is the essence of banking and what are the qualities required
to make a great commercial banker, if there is such a creature?
Can banking be competitive? In what dimensions?
3.5 An exhibit on bank buildings and temples tied in with the central
hall architecture is called for.
3.6 The costs and technology of different banking systems such
as Gyro and various clearing house arrangements--together with the
development of clearing houses must be illustrated.
3.7 Pawnbroking and financing for the poor.
3.8 A history of the development of credit and the concept of secured
lending. Mortgages call for a special treatment in association with
the special properties of land.
3.9 A specific display is devoted to the development of clearinghouses
and the problems of covering the risks associated with nearly but
not quite simultaneous trade. An institutional coverage of CHIPS
is provided.
3.10 Electronic or e-money and banking
3.11 How checks, credit cards and debit cards work.
3.12 Who finances production and inventories.
3.13 The financial supermarket or separate banking. |