The U.S. Banking System

Felix I. Lessambo is an Associate Professor at Central Connecticut State University's School of Business where he teaches Financial Statements Analysis and Global Financial Reporting. He has practiced international tax, transfer pricing, and alternative investment management groups where he structured and advised on hedge funds and private equity cross-border transactions. He is the author of several books in finance, including The International Banking System, The International Corporate Governance System, International Financial Institutions and Their Challenges, International Aspects of the US Taxation System, Audit-Assurance Services & Forensics, and Financial Statements: Analysis and Reporting.

Chapter 1: Overview of the US Banking System.- Part 1: The Legal Background.- Chapter 2: Banking Laws.- Chapter 3: The Crypto-currency regulations.- Chapter 4: Anti-Money Laundering Laws.- Part 2: Actors: Regulators and Banks.- Chapter 5: The Regulators.- Chapter 6: Commercial Banks and Saving Banks.- Chapter 7: Investment Banks.- Chapter 8: Merchant Banks.- Chapter 9: Credit Union.- Chapter 10: Public Bank - Bank of North Dakota (BND).- Part 3: Risk and Bank Regulation.- Chapter 11: Risks in the Banking Industry.- Chapter 12: Banking Regulation.- Chapter 13: Banks' Capital Adequacy.- Chapter 14: Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) & The Dodd-Frank Stress Testing.- Part 4: Financial Statements and Statement Analysis.- Chapter 15: Commercial Banks' Financial Statements.- Chapter 16: Commercial Bank's Financial Ratios' Analysis.- Part 5: Auditing and Bankruptcy.- Chapter 17: Bank Audit Systems.- Chapter 18: Bank Bankruptcy.