About the book: 2009 / Banks form an integral part of the modern monetary economy, their activities are closely related to the needs of reproduction. Being at the center of economic life, serving the interests of producers, banks provide an economic connection between industry and trade, agriculture and the population. Banks are not just an attribute of a single economic region or a single country. The scope of their activity has neither geographical nor national boundaries; it is a planetary phenomenon with colossal financial power and significant monetary capital. Having enormous power throughout the world, banks in Russia, however, have lost their initially high role.