Big Bank News (May 8, 2013)
Compiled by Wade Lee Hudson Elizabeth Warren: Trade talks could weaken bank oversight By Kate Davidson Politico May 8, 2013 …Warren didn’t detail which rules could be weakened through trade deals, but...
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by Wade Lee Hudson On May 1, Barbara A. Rehm, Editor at Large at American Banker, posted “Why We Don’t Need Brown-Vitter — Yet,” in which she concluded: The senators ought to turn up the pressure on...
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Compiled by Wade Lee Hudson Fixing ‘Too Big To Tolerate’ Banks By Ted Kaufman Forbes May 13, 2013 …One of the major arguments banks have used against reenacting Glass Steagall is that it would put them...
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Compiled by Wade Lee Hudson Three Takeaways from Senate Panel’s Private Student Loan Hearing by Victoria Finkle American Banker June 25, 2013 The Senate Banking Committee pressed regulators about...
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Obama Presses for Action on Bank Rules By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and PETER EAVIS The New York Times August 19, 2013 …“The politics are pretty good for the administration if they can do something on this,”...
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We can do better than the defunct financial transaction tax By Hugo Dixon …The commission may still find some way of rejigging its tax so it is no longer illegal. But it would be better to ditch it and...
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President Barack Obama addresses reporters about the economy and the need for financial reform in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on February 25, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)...
View ArticleBig Bank News (11/26/13)
FDIC placard from when the deposit insurance limit was $2,500. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Will ‘Too Big to Fail’ Banks Charge for Deposits? By Larry Doyle …And all this from an industry that the...
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(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Volcker Rule Said Set for Dec. 10 Approval by Regulators By Jesse Hamilton CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler raised objections that a recent draft of the rule wasn’t strong enough,...
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Paul Volcker, former head of the Federal Reserve Board . (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Ben White @morningmoneyben: Investors clearly believe the #VolckerRule will crush Goldman Sachs. Its stock is up 1.4%...
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