The urban network, the banking network and aspects of the topology of the financial system

Abstract

How is the banking system implemented in a regional urban network? Does it keep the same tendencies as the national system or does it correlate to the particularities of the urban network? From the point of view of the topology of the financial system, is there a differentiation from that which presents itself on a national scale? These are some of the questions that guide this work. At a time when there are big changes in the banking system, with an expansion of the networks controlled by national and international private capital, with increases in the exclusion of cities without branches and service points, in which banking services extend through geographical information and communication networks, there is an expansion of the cooperative credit system. This system has occupied areas of strong production of commodities, which require banks for their realization, linked to the financialization of agricultural production.