Finance 4940-A Hist Financ Inst FINC-4940 History of Financial Institutions & Markets (3) (S) This course is an advanced finance course that explores the origin of money and its importance in the growth and development of an advanced economy. The emergence and function of fiat currency and the foundations of a modern banking system is explored. A general history of money and banking in the United States and key historical events in this process are covered. (HI) | 