The Principles of International Banking, Finance and Investment Law: Global Best Practices from the Group of Twenty (G20)

Author

Fatih Buğra Erdem (Author)

ISBN: 9783032325044

Published: August 18, 2026

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Springer Cham

Description

As G20 finance ministers and central bank governors close out the Asheville finance-track meetings (August 29 – September 1, 2026) with a stated mandate to modernise financial regulation, improve global debt transparency, and support digital asset innovation, this textbook from Dr. Fatih Buğra Erdem (Social Sciences University of Ankara) delivers a systematic, comparative account of the legal principles governing international banking, finance, and investment activity across the G20 economies. It bridges doctrinal legal analysis with economics and international relations, tracking best practice from bank licensing through to the frontier of cryptoasset regulation.

Key Features

Walks through bank licensing, capital adequacy, and corporate governance requirements as applied across G20 jurisdictions, giving compliance teams a comparative benchmark. Dedicates full chapters to digital and cryptoasset law and to the legal treatment of emerging payment instruments — directly relevant as G20 finance tracks push cross-border payments and digital asset frameworks up the agenda. Sets out the comparative law of securities investment dispute resolution, including ICSID arbitration, for practitioners handling cross-border investment claims.

Coverage

Structure of the financial system; international banking and the establishment and governance of banks; alternative methods in foreign trade financing (factoring, letters of credit); institutions related to foreign payments and financing; digital and cryptoasset laws; international capital market instruments; alternative payment and guaranteeing procedures; credits and payment transactions in international trade; the legal ground of debit and credit cards; methods of resolution of securities investment disputes in comparative law; current debates on emerging trends, including ESG compliance and anti-money laundering.

About the Author

Dr. Fatih Buğra Erdem is an Associate Professor in the Commercial Law Department at the Social Sciences University of Ankara, and teaches part-time in EU Competition Law at Freie Universität Berlin. He holds an LLB from Atılım University, an LLM in International Economic Law from Birkbeck College (University of London), and a PhD from Brunel University London, and completed postdoctoral research at Trinity College Dublin. He also works as a mediator and court-appointed expert witness, with research spanning finance law, corporate law, competition law, and insurance law.

Table of Contents

Financial System — International Banking — Alternative Methods in Foreign Trade Financing — Establishment of Banks — Corporate Governance of Banks — Institutions Related to Foreign Payments and Financing — Digital and Cryptoasset Laws — International Capital Market Instruments — Alternative Payment and Guaranteeing Procedures — Credits — Payment Transactions and Financial Sources in International Trade — The Legal Ground of Debit and Credit Cards — Methods of Resolution of Securities Investment Disputes in Comparative Law — Current Debates on Emerging Trends

Why buy this book?

With G20 finance ministers and central bank governors having just wrapped their Asheville meetings on a stated agenda of modernising financial regulation and advancing digital asset innovation, this is a timely, practitioner-oriented reference for law and business libraries supporting banking, compliance, and international finance faculties. Its comparative structure — spanning licensing, governance, digital assets, and dispute resolution — makes it equally useful for teaching and for institutional legal research collections tracking G20 regulatory harmonisation.

Keywords

G20 banking law, international finance law, investment law, central bank digital currency, cryptoasset regulation, trade finance, ICSID arbitration, financial regulation, anti-money laundering, ESG compliance, banking corporate governance

Target Audience

Financial regulators and central bank professionals, compliance officers, international banking and finance lawyers, policymakers, academic and law libraries

Genre

Banking Law, Financial Regulation, International Finance, Investment Law, Corporate Governance

Q&A

Q: What G20 jurisdictions does the book compare?
A: It draws comparative best practice across the G20 economies, covering banking, finance, and investment law frameworks rather than a single national system.

Q: Does the book cover central bank digital currencies and cryptoasset regulation?
A: Yes — digital and cryptoasset laws have a dedicated chapter, alongside the legal treatment of emerging payment instruments.

Q: Is this book suited to compliance teams, or only to academics?
A: Both. It combines doctrinal legal analysis with practical, comparative coverage of licensing, governance, and dispute resolution that compliance and legal teams can apply directly.

Q: Does it address investment dispute resolution?
A: Yes, including a chapter on methods of resolution of securities investment disputes in comparative law, such as ICSID arbitration.

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