MAP20070009687Chorafas, Dimitris N.Implementing networks in banking and financial services / Dimitris N. Chorafas, Heinrich Steinmann. — Houndmills [etc.] : MacMillan, 1988XI, 242 p. ; 22 cmSumario: High technology in banking: a strategic perspective -- The role of money: from coins to electronics -- Generations of online systems -- Rethinking the telecommunications network -- UBINET, the worldwide network of the Union bank of Switzerland -- Four generationss of payment systems in Japan -- Top performers of Japanese banking industry -- VIII. National payment systems, research on artificial intelligence and progress in integration -- IX. Advanced networking solutions by American banks -- Artificial intelligence and expert network systems -- Using computers for online auditing -- Security in financial networks