• Banks & Banking Terms - Financial Education Is Your Best Investment

  • The Simple Guide to Banking History, Investment Banking and Finance
  • By: Thomas Herold
  • Narrated by: William Bahl
  • Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (63 ratings)

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Banks & Banking Terms - Financial Education Is Your Best Investment

By: Thomas Herold
Narrated by: William Bahl
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Essential banks and banking terms you should know

  • This practical financial guide on banking terms helps you when:
  • You are a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) or Treasurer
  • You want to get a job in a bank
  • You want to travel for business or do business in another country
  • You simply feel the need to understand some banking-related words
  • You want to study business English or economics

This banking glossary compiles a list of over 150 most common banking terms you're likely to encounter. Every financial banking term is explained in detail, with clear and concise article style description and practical examples.

Make Banking Less of a Mystery

Taking time to understand banks and banking vocabulary can help you as a buyer or seller. It also helps with educating on the process, eliminating confusion, and get better prepared for swift and smooth financial transactions of any kind.

Get Smart with the Financial IQ Series

Please also have a look at other titles in this series. The Herold Financial IQ series covers all major areas and aspects in the financial world.

  • Personal Finance, Real Estate, and Banking
  • Corporate Finance, Investment, and Economics
  • Retirement, Trading, and Accounting
  • Debt, Bankruptcy, Mortgage, Small Business, and Wall Street
  • Financial Laws & Regulations, Acronyms, and Abbreviations

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Thomas Herold (P)2019 Thomas Herold

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This is the best!

This book will answer your question of why financial education is important. To answer this question you must know, what is financial education? This book will let know what financial education is and how important it is. Great guidebook!

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Wonderful insight

Wonderful insight on investment banking! Understanding basic banking and finance can make a big difference in your bank balance. By knowing the banking terms, you can manage your money better.

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Beyond Great!

Living without a bank account. Life without a basic bank account may seem difficult, if not impossible. However, it can be done. From paying direct debits and standing orders or utility bills or receiving a salary to simply identifying you as someone who exists, bank accounts are a huge part of a person's life.

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Highly suggested!

If you are looking for an internship or job in investment banking as an analyst or associate, this book is perfect for you.

Thomas Herold is a successful entrepreneur, mediator, author, and personal development coach. With that, his book is very much reliable and informative.

In this guide, you'll learn over 150 banking terms that will give you essential information to be a good analyst or associate. This guide is designed to help people get started with financial education.

Overall, a very wonderful guide. Highly suggested!

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Lots of things learned

Does banking jargon like APY or CD confuse you? Don't worry, this book got you covered. Like the internet and texting, banking has its own acronyms and you really need to know them. Because you could get a great deal or something in trouble.

In this guide, Thomas covers common financial terms that every student, analyst or associate should know. From American Bankers Association (ABA), American Institute of Banking (AIB), Annual Percentage Rate (APR), and Annual Percentage Yield (APY), among others. Plus a list of over 150 banking terms that covers everything you'll likely encounter. This educational material is designed to help people get started with financial education.

Are there banking terms you want to be defined? Get this book now!

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Valuable guide

This book is both valuable to the experienced and the novice reader and/or listener. I downloaded the PDF file and I saved it on my phone for a reference anytime I need. It was written with an emphasis to quickly grasp the context without using jargon. Every banking terms is explained in detail. A great resource to have.

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This was helpful

For someone who wants to know how an investment bank operates in an easy way, you should get this book. The writer describes certain theories in an easy way to understand.

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Love it

Great course. Covering all different aspects of Investment Banking. It starts from kinds of banks up to different banking terms. The course is well-explained and easy to understand. For people with a background in finance will learn more from it.

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Informative and Inspiring

Some economists would argue that it comes from the government in the form of the Central Bank which issues reserves and allows banks to lend out those reserves in a multiplied fashion.

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Good stuff! Thorough!

This book compiles a list of over 150 most common banking terms you are likely to encounter. Every financial banking term is explained in detail, with a clear and concise article style description and practical examples. A very good overview of fundamental banking concepts.

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