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Opinion: Financial Reforms Go Too Far

Apr 22nd 2010 – 12:01AM

(April 22) -- As the debate over financial reform intensifies, it's easy to forget that there is a shared desire across the political spectrum to put an end to bailouts and to the idea that any firm should be too big to fail. Supporters of the plan now pending in the Senate argue that it would achieve these goals. It would...

Opinion: Bringing Shadow Banks Into the Light

Apr 22nd 2010 – 12:01AM

(April 22) -- With the seemingly endless congressional battle over health care reform finally concluded, the Obama administration has turned its sights this month on reforming the regulations that govern Wall Street and that failed us so massively during 2007 and 2008. The subject is a complicated one (something the...

Needing a Rebound, Obama Cranks Up the Populism

By David KnowlesJan 22nd 2010 – 8:56PM
Abaca Press / MCT

Abaca Press / MCT

(Jan. 22) – Since his party lost the special election to fill Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat, pundits have been proclaiming President Barack Obama in need of a new message. As this week drew to a close, he offered some samples of what it will sound like. Turning up the volume on the fiery populist rhetoric...

banking regulations News From the Web

  • 05/30/12 PersonalFinance: Bank safety rules will challenge... Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press - Chattanooga TN Recent and upcoming changes in bank regulations should make banks stronger, but also will likely make it more difficult for them to create wealth for their shareholders.
  • 05/15/12 Bloomberg: Enough With The Banking Regulations,... Source: Gothamist - New York NY The City Council is expected to pass a sunshine bill today that would create an advisory committee to oversee banks that do business with the city.
  • 05/12/12 Poll: More Bank Regulations Source: NBC - WLUC-TV 6 - Negaunee MI The trading loss of $2 billion by a division of JPMorgan Chase is triggering calls for tougher regulation of banks.
  • 09/06/11 Bank regulation Source: FT.com After being overtaken by the last crisis, bank regulators have been quick to tighten the regulatory framework.
  • 03/10/11 “Effective Bank Regulation and Supervision” added... Source: PR-inside.com - Austria The result is a ground-breaking insight into the likely future success of bank regulation and the key factors which will determine such outcomes.

Background on banking regulations

Bank regulations are a form of government regulation which subject banks to certain requirements, restrictions and guidelines.

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