Occupy the SEC Calls Out Regulator’s Absurd Push to Neuter Volcker Rule
Occupy SEC calls out OCC nonsense on need to reform– gut– the Volcker Rule’s proprietary trading limits for TBTF banks. Will anyone listen?
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Gaius Publius: Obama Follows Clinton, Boards the Millionaire Speech Train to Wall Street
Like Bill Clinton before him, ex-President Barack Obama has boarded the Wall Street-financed train to millionaire riches.
Read more...Too Big To Fail Banks: “The Robotics Are Coming!” Really?
More and more bank CEOs tout robotics as the answer for the industry’s precarious cost position. But will it promise more than it delivers?
Read more...From Credit Risk to Pipeline Risk: Why Loan Syndication is a Risky Business
How pipeline risk poses a danger to banks even in an “originate to distribute” business like loan syndication.
Read more...How US Regulators Created the Equifax Mess
How regulators made credit bureaus like Equifax powerful, and why banks could live without them if they needed to.
Read more...Bill Black: Is Politico or Third Way More Divorced from Reality?
The Third Way confirms that the Dems care more about beating back the Sanders/pro middle class faction than winning.
Read more...Don Quijones: ECB Tightens Noose Around Bank Accounts
ECB moves to lock up the money of unsuspecting depositors to prop up collapsing banks.
Read more...Big Business Dominates Brexit Negotiations
Nick Dearden discusses how Brexit ministers in the UK had six corporate lobby meetings for every one meeting with civil society groups.
Read more...Global Banks Sabotage Uruguay’s Efforts to Legalize Marijuana
A state-owned bank of a sovereign nation just decided to put draconian US legislation before a law adopted by the Uruguayan parliament.
Read more...India’s Demonetization: No Impact on Black Money Despite Huge Costs It Imposed
India’s demonetization exercise was for naught, with the RBI reporting last week a scant 1% of banned notes not converted into new currency.
Read more...Nomi Prins: A Decade of G7 Central Bank Collusion – and Counting..
Why central bank snake oil and financier-favoring interventions have done great harm to ordinary people.
Read more...Trump Treasury Dept Renews Modest Real Estate Anti-Money Laundering Regs
Trump’s Treasury Dept renews and modestly extends real estate money laundering reg– which fails to address the scope of dirty money issues.
Read more...Dean Baker: Social Security A Success Story- Can It Withstand Privatization Attacks?
Dean Baker discusses the push toward privatization of Social Security just after the system celebrates its 82nd birthday.
Read more...NC Classic: The Tinkerbell Market
A classic from our market commentary in the runup to the financial crisis.
Read more...UK Bank IT Train Wreck Demonstrates Why Algos Can Be a Terrible Idea
Not only are algos not magic bullets, but there are times they can only make things worse, as UK subprime lender Provident shows.
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