Best Banking Law Books of 2026

"Payments Systems in the U.S. - Third Edition: A Guide for the Payments Professional" is an essential guide for anyone in the payments industry or needing to use payments products. The book offers a comprehensive description of the payments systems, including cards, checks, ACH, wires, and cash, and how they work, evolve, and change. The third edition updates information about each system, adds a chapter on payments innovation, and includes a glossary of industry terminology. The book is written in clear and lively language, making it easy to read and understand. Overall, it is the go-to resource for understanding payments systems.

Millionaire Mindset and Success Habits is a game-changing finance book that aims to help readers overcome their limiting beliefs and achieve financial freedom. The author, H.J. Chammas, provides simple yet powerful wealth-building mind hacks that can be easily implemented to transform one's financial situation. The book focuses on replacing negative habits and beliefs with positive ones to cultivate a millionaire mindset and achieve abundance. This self-help book is a must-read for anyone looking to break free from their own mental barriers and achieve financial success.

The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap is a thought-provoking book that sheds light on the stubborn persistence of the racial wealth gap in America. Through a historical account of black banking and the civil rights movement, Mehrsa Baradaran challenges the long-standing belief that black communities could ever really hope to accumulate wealth in a segregated economy. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in closing America's racial wealth gap. The author's deep analysis of black capitalism and its inability to improve the economic lives of black people makes this book stand out among other economic history books.

The Financial Regulation: Law and Policy (University Casebook Series) is an updated and innovative introduction to the field that explores the intersection of technological innovation, market forces, and political economy. The third edition has been adapted to keep pace with changes in the financial sector, including fintech, climate change, racial equality, and the worldwide pandemic. The book analyzes and compares the market and regulatory architecture of the entire U.S. financial sector, with extensive discussions on consumer finance and investment, digital and traditional payment systems, securitization, short-term wholesale funding, money markets, and derivatives. This book is an essential read for students and faculty interested in financial regulation.

This second edition of Financial Markets in Hong Kong provides a comprehensive guide to the legal and regulatory system of one of the world's leading financial centers. The book covers the evolution of Hong Kong's role as a financial center, the regulation of banking, securities, insurance sectors, and financial products and services. It also addresses market conduct and misconduct, corporate governance, and financial crime. The book's unique focus on Hong Kong's role as a major global financial center and its relationship with mainland China makes it a valuable resource for anyone interested in this field.

This book is a valuable resource for practitioners looking to navigate Article 9 of the U.C.C. and secure their liens in secured transactions. It provides guidance on how to perfect liens in over 50 different types of collateral, including through filing financing statements and possession and control. The book also covers important concepts of Article 9, priority of liens, and the intersection of Article 9 and the United States Bankruptcy Code and fraudulent conveyance laws. With over 30 years of experience in equipment leasing and asset-based lending, the author, Frank Peretore, Esq., provides in-depth insight and creative solutions to help readers assure priority in their personal property lien.

The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives is a groundbreaking book that exposes the deterioration of the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Jesse Eisinger provides a detailed account of how top corporate executives have been able to commit heinous crimes and get away with it. The book takes the reader on a journey through the evolution of the Justice Department's approach to prosecuting corporate criminals. Eisinger's work is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding how the government has failed to hold executives accountable for their actions.

The Principles of Financial Regulation offers a holistic and multidisciplinary perspective on the regulation of financial institutions and markets. It examines the underlying policies and objectives of regulation and provides an in-depth analysis of specific regulatory measures. The book is well-written and provides a comprehensive picture of the complicated field in a clear and understandable manner. It is a must-read for students in courses on financial regulation and can be of use to academics, practitioners, and regulators. Overall, the book serves as an important tool in meeting the challenges of continued exploration of financial regulation.

Bank Regulation, Risk Management, and Compliance is a comprehensive guidebook on the primary areas of US banking regulation. It covers micro-prudential, macro-prudential, financial consumer protection, and AML/CFT regulation and their associated risk management and compliance systems. The book establishes a conceptual framework that helps readers to understand bank regulators’ expectations for the risk management and compliance functions. This book is a must-read for legal, risk, and compliance banking professionals; students in law, business, and other finance-related graduate programs; and finance professionals generally who want a reference book on bank regulation, risk management, and compliance.