Intro; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; Chapter 1 Euromarkets and Debt Crisis; Mexico and the Global Crisis; Bank International Lending; Latin American Banking Presence; Wholesale Interbank Money; The Impact of the Crisis; Domestic Front; Chapter 2 Mexican Banks Go Abroad; The Historical Context of Mexican Banking; The Financial Disintermediation Years; Bank Finance and Development; The Decision to Internationalize; Mexican Consortium Banks; The Financial Fallout of 1976; Chapter 3 Deeper into Foreign Finance

The Recovery of Domestic BankingThe Role of Foreign Funding; Agencies and Branches Overseas; Mexican Banks in International Lending; Mounting External Banking Debt; Banks Within the Macroeconomic Imbalances; Chapter 4 The Condition of Mexican Banking; A Weakening Funding Structure; Impoverished Capital and Greater Risks; International Roots in Banking Fragility; Liquidity Position and Funding Base; Loan Portfolio and Devaluation; Banks in the Stock Exchange; Chapter 5 International Business Risks; Mexican International Banking Network; An Interbank-Based Business Model

Asset and Liabilities ImbalancesThe Impact of the Moratorium; Dealing with Liquidity Strains; A Regulation Loophole on International Banking; Chapter 6 Banks and Debt Negotiations; The Mexican Agency Situation; Interbank Debt Within Renegotiations; The Agreement on the Interbank Lines; Excluded Debts; Direct Exposure to Sovereign Debt; Mexico's International Negotiating Position; Conclusion; Toward a New Understanding of the Crisis; A Novel Perspective on Bank Nationalization; On the Reasons of Debt Repayment and Renegotiation; Archival Sources; Banco de Mexico; Bank of England

Bank of International SettlementsFederal Reserve Bank of New York; International Monetary Fund; Lloyds Bank; Financial Press; Bibliography; Index