Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Bailed-Out RBS Systemically Forged Customer Signatures: Whistle-Blowers

It is not an exaggeration to call RBS evil. See some of the reasons why.

Banks Wince as Wells Fargo Gets a Harder Than Usual Wet Noodle Lashing from the Fed

The Fed implements some new punishments at Wells Fargo, but this is weak tea when what is needed is rat poison.

Nomi Prins: Trump’s Financial Arsonists

How Trump’s financial deregulators are arranging more gimmies to banks.

Patient Dumping: A “New” Cost Savings Strategy for Hospitals

Some hospitals have put indigent patients out on the street, clad only in hospital gowns, something that was previously unthinkable.

UK Consternation Over EU Not Accommodating City of London in Brexit…Just As It Said It Would Not Do

The UK financial services is being told “no” yet again….will the message finally sink in?

The International Economic Consequences of Mr. Trump

The Trump Administration sees no value in international economic institutions or cooperation, abandoning the role of steward of the system.

UK Political Pressures Rise….Because EU Does Exactly What It Has Been Saying It Would Do on Brexit

When you think the UK has made as much of a mess of Brexit as it possibly can, it manages to do even more.

Fallout from Carillion Collapse Hits KPMG

Carillion collapse demonstrates Big Four auditing firms are not only too big to fail, they’re too big to replace.

Trump Administration Rolls Back Protections for Migratory Birds, Drawing Bipartisan Condemnation

Team Trump cuts environmental protections yet again, this time at the expense of migratory birds.

Big Pharma Greets Hundreds Of Ex-Federal Workers At The ‘Revolving Door’

An update on one of the biggest users of DC revolving doors: health care industry executives.

Mastercard Pushes Biometrics, Banks Follow

Mastercard and other financial services providers are aggressively promoting biometrics. Where are the vaunted EU privacy regulators?

Rail Workers Acquitted in Trial on Deadly Lac-Mégantic Oil Train Disaster

A jury acquitted front line workers in the horrific Lac-Mégantic “bomb train,” but the higher-ups have not been held to account.

Solar Import Tariff: Pain Without Benefit

On the not-well-thought-out solar tariff.

Another Brexit Casualty: The Channel Tunnel, aka Eurostar

Why the impact of Brexit on Eurostar will literally be a train wreck.

Draghi’s Membership in Murky G30 Financial Group Under Fire

An official EU compliant about ECB chairman Mario Draghi puts the spotlight on a shadowy influence operation.