A History of Banks: From the Knights Templar to the Present Era

本書從金融中介者的角度提供了貨幣歷史的概述。從聖殿騎士團開始，到當代國家銀行的領導者，本書呈現了幾個案例研究，展示了世界各地的銀行如何革新其業務和所在市場。本書呼籲建立民主和跨國的金融中介系統。它適合經濟史的學生和學者，以及對銀行和金融歷史感興趣的任何人。

Mehmet Baha Karan is a Professor of Finance at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. His research focuses on financial economics and energy economics. He is a board member of the Multinational Finance Society and co-founder of the Center for Energy and Value Issues (CEVI). He is passionate about fair competition in financial markets and independent central banks.

Wim Westerman is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. His research focuses on financial management, and he is co-founder of the Center for Energy and Value Issues (CEVI). He likes customer-centric financial intermediation systems.

Jacob Wijngaard is Professor Emeritus of Production Management at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. After his retirement, he became interested in the multifaceted operations of the global monetary system and has since been developing ideas of how to redesign it for a more robust and less bank-oriented future.

Mehmet Baha Karan是土耳其安卡拉哈塞特佩大學經濟與行政科學學院的金融學教授。他的研究專注於金融經濟學和能源經濟學。他是多國金融學會的董事會成員，也是能源和價值議題中心（CEVI）的共同創辦人。他熱衷於金融市場的公平競爭和獨立的中央銀行。

Wim Westerman是荷蘭格羅寧根大學經濟與商業學院（FEB）的助理教授。他的研究專注於財務管理，並且是能源和價值議題中心（CEVI）的共同創辦人。他喜歡以客戶為中心的金融中介系統。

Jacob Wijngaard是荷蘭格羅寧根大學的生產管理名譽教授。退休後，他對全球貨幣體系的多面性運作產生了興趣，並開始開發如何重新設計更強大且不那麼以銀行為導向的未來的想法。