Electronic payments and ATMs: Changing technology and cost efficiency in banking

Competition and Profitability in European Financial Services: Strategic, Systemic and Policy Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 96-113

  Valverde, Santiago Carbó ^a,b   Humphrey, David B ^c   Del Paso, Rafael Lopez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Financial Analysis Department   (Spain)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58749084437     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203086698     Document Type: Chapter

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