Crackdown on Banks Continues as Fed May Expand Capital Requirements
Bloomberg is reporting this morning that the Federal Reserve is considering expanding its list of 19 banks that are subject to stringent capital requirements to include more small and mid sized banks....
View ArticleEuropean Commission Urges Banks to Raise Capital
Presenting a broad new crisis plan on Wednesday, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso said banks in Europe should temporarily raise their capital reserves to better weather markets...
View ArticleEU Banks Facing 200 Billion Euros in New Capital Requirements
The European Banking Authority has proposed that European banks be required to raise a collective 200 billion euros to boost their capital reserves. The industry regulator wants banks to have more...
View ArticleBanks Selling Profitable Assets to Meet Capital Requirements
At the expense of future profit and economic growth, European banks are selling some of their fastest-growing businesses to competitors outside the region in order to bolster their capital to meet new...
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Banks Want to Outmaneuver Fed With This Proposal
Despite the numerous measures taken by the federal government since the financial crisis — from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to the Federal Reserve’s annual stress...
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Will More Regulation Protect Banks from Risk?
The Bank of England and other central banks have been working for a while now to keep interest rates low, with the British bank maintaining a record lending rate of 0.5 percent since April 2009....
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Here’s Why BofA Is Shedding Weight in China
The cleanup of Bank of America’s (NYSE:BAC) balance sheet continues. Following the disaster that swept through the financial sector after the housing bubble burst five years ago, regulators in the...
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