Chapter 1: Financial Products and Services Part I Secured Transactions, Finance Sales and Other Financial Products and Services Part II Financial Products and Funding Techniques. Private, Regulatory and International Aspects Part III Payments, Modern Payment Methods and Systems. Set-off and Netting as Ways of Payment. International Payments. Money Laundering Part IV Security Entitlements and their Transfers Through Securities Accounts. Securities Repos Chapter 2: Financial Risk, Financial Stability and the Role of Financial Regulation Part I Financial Services, Financial Service Providers, Financial Risk and Financial Regulation Part II International Aspects of Financial Services Regulation: The Effects of Globalisation and the Autonomy of the International Capital Markets. The Developments in GATT/WTO, the EU and BIS/IOSCO/IAIS Part III The EU Regulations and Directives Concerning the Internal Market in Financial Services: Early Action, the European Passport, the 1998 EU Action Plan for a Single Market in Financial Services, and Further Action Following the 2008 Financial Crisis.