Contents: The role of money in our economic system. -- History of Philippine currency and Philippine monetary standards. -- Modern measure of money. -- Credit, its uses, classifications and risks. -- Credit instruments and its negotiation. -- The financial system. -- Banking institutions, history, classifications and functions. -- Central banking and the effects of its monetary policies in our economy. -- Commercial bank management. -- Overview of business finance. -- Forms of business organizations. -- Organizing a corporation. -- Stock and bond financing. -- Extinction of bonded indebtedness. -- Financial statement, financial analysis and break even analysis. -- Break even analysis. -- Cash and marketable securities. -- Accounts receivable and inventories. -- Cash flow, working capital and short term financing. -- Time value of money and capital budgeting. -- Role of interest rates in our economy. -- International finance. -- Financial markets. -- Globalization and international corporate management. -- Basic building blocks for a successful financial management.