This book explores the future of the financial services industry, giving readers an idea of the kinds of institutions and services that will survive in the early twenty-first century. <br /> <ul> <li style="list-style: none"><br /> </li> <li>An informative and provocative exploration of the future of the financial services industry.<br /> </li> <li>Focuses on likely changes in the near future, such as greater use of the Internet for banking transactions and the increasing globalization of financial services.<br /> </li> <li>Points to the probable disappearance of the insurance sector as a separate industry.<br /> </li> <li>Describes changing conditions in key financial centres, especially the US, the UK, Germany, Japan and Switzerland.</li> </ul>