1984, ISBN: 9781234209278

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RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 280 pages. Original publisher: Washington, D. C. : Congress of the U. S. , Office of Technology Assessment : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. G. P. O. , 1984. LC Number: HG181 . E37 1984 OCLC Number: (OCoLC)11191169 Subject: Financial services industry -- United States. Excerpt: . . . Ch. 1 - Overview 7vestments that offer higher return. Yet, and loan associations, and credit unions. based on experience to date, there is no Funds entrusted to other institutions re-evidence that the fundamental safety and ceive little, if any, of this Federal protection. The changes in the financial service indus-soundness of the industry have been appre-try have led to significant movement of ciably compromised by the movement of funds from federally insured accounts. funds from accounts in insured, closely supervised institutions to alternative in-Financial Services in the Future Forecasts of the financial service industry represents many points of view now held by prepared over the last 10 to 15 years have not knowledgeable observers. been particularly accurate. Many of the earlier efforts foresaw the virtual elimination of the Influence of Technology check and significant decrease in requirements for currency and coin during the last quarter The financial service industry of the future of this century. Some saw particular promise will be quite different. The established trend in specific technology-based services ( e. g. , of increasingly heavy dependence on technol-super-check, an instrument that would use one ogy for delivering services will continue. Serv-ices will be provided by a wide variety of in-order to direct payment to multiple creditors, and telephone bill payment ) that has not yet stitutions. Barring a major restructuring of been realized. the wholesale side of the financial service in-dustry, small financial service firms will be Experts continue to prepare forecasts for able to obtain access to the technologies they the financial service industry. Firms continue will requi. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<