Practical Bank credit / Herbert V. Prochnow and Roy A. Foulke.

Preface, v -- Part I. The bank credit department, 3 -- I. The operations and functions of a bank credit department, 3 -- II. Description of a typical bank credit file, 29 -- Part II. Sources of credit information, 45 -- III. Sources of credit information, 45 -- IV. The operations of dun & bradstreet, inc., 64 – V. Specialized mercantile agencies, 106 -- VI. Specialized mercantile agencies-continued, 142 -- Part III. Importance and interpretation of financial statements, 165 -- VII. Description of balance sheets, 165 -- VIII. Interpretation of balance sheets, 208 -- IX. Description of profit and loss statements, 248 -- X. Interpretation of profit and loss statements, 269 -- XI. Description and interpretation of surplus accounts, 287 -- XII. Description and interpretation of business budgets, 298 -- XIII. Description and interpretation of trial balances, 318 -- Part IV. Making the loan, 331 -- XIV. Important considerations in making bank loans, 331 -- XV. Unsecured bank loans, 351 -- XVI. Collateral bank loans, 381 -- XVII. Loans on assigned accounts, 428 -- XVIII. Personal loans, 457 -- XIX. Letters of credit and bankers' acceptances, 480 -- XX. Buying open market commercial paper, 515 -- XXI. The legal aspects of bank loans, 532 -- Part V. Frozen loans and rehabilitation, 563 -- XXII. Causes of business failures and losses on bank loans, 563 -- XXIII. Liquidation of slow loans and workouts, 587 -- Part VI. Typical requests for bank credit, 625 -- XXIV. At the banker's desk, 625 -- Index, 671.