TY - BOOK AU - Orton, Ian TI - Non-bank banks : a looming menace? : : how new players are changing the financial services industry SN - 0948394919 U1 - 332.17 PY - 1994/// CY - Dublin PB - Lafferty Publications KW - Banks and banking -- Forecasting KW - Financial services industry -- Forecasting N2 - This book discusses activities and impact of non-bank financial institutions on global and national economies. Themes discussed include regulation and the banking environment; origin and scope of non-bank financial activities, non-bank participation in financial services markets; and financial disintermediation. Description of the activities of some companies that engage in non-bank activities (savings, credit). This include Marks & Spencer's Financial Services; Group Suez, General Electric Capital Services; Dreyfus Corporation; Sears, Roebuck among others ER -