From drafts to checks: The evolution of correspondent banking networks and the formation of the modern U.S. payments system, 1850-1914

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 42, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 237-265

  James, John A ^a   Weiman, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankers' balances; Checks; Correspondent banking; Domestic exchange; Drafts; Interregional payments network

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952086789     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: 15384616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2009.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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