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Bank Reform

Ryan Grim

Shock: American Bankers Association Comes Out Against Bank Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank Reform, Accounting, Banks, Cfpa, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, American Bankers Association, Bank, Aba, Business News

The American Bankers Association is glad that the House Financial Services Committee made a number of changes to a financial reform package that it re...

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Eliot Spitzer: Republicans Could Seize Bank Reform Issue

newdeal20.org | Eliot Spitzer | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street, Bank Reform, Financial Crisis, Eliot Spitzer, Fiscal Policy, Republicans, Business News

Gauzy words describing the possibilities for change are always more comforting than defending the current dire straits. That is why -- in addition to ...

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Banks Added 10,000 Branches During Boom, But Left Inner Cities Behind

AP | FRANK BASS and LINDA STEWART BALL | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank, Bank Reform, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, American Bankers Association, Business News

DALLAS — Banks expanded at a breathtaking pace over the past five years, adding more than 10,000 full-service branches, but barely 1 in 10 were ...

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Geithner Takes On Regulators In Financial Overhaul

nytimes.com | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 09.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Bank Reform, Tim Geithner, Mary Schapiro, Federal Reserve, Bank Regulation, Sheila Bair, Business News

WASHINGTON -- In what has become a routine spectacle, financial regulators went to Congress this week and raised objections to major portions of Presi...

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SEC's 'Wish List': 42 Changes The Regulator Wants

foxbusiness.com | Rich Edson | Posted 08.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Mary Schaprio, Sec, Financial Reform, Securities Exchange Comission, Bank Reform, Business News

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sent a "wish list" to Capitol Hill of 42 changes it would like made to federal securities law. This list, ...

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LobbyBlog

Posted 09.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Environmental Policy, Lobbying, Bank Reform, Health Care Reform, Mobile, Business News

Click here for the latest from the new and improved LobbyBlog! August 29, 2009 WALL STREET PLANS DELAY TACTICS TO FIGHT DERIVATIVES OVERHAUL The Oba...

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(UPDATED) 'Bankslaughter': Should Execs Be Held Liable For Killing Banks?

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank Reform, Financial Reform, Bankslaughter, Paul Collier, Poll, Obama Financial Reform, Felix Salmon, Business News

UPDATED: Jul. 9, 11:20 p.m. If you're driving and happen to kill a pedestrian, you may, of course, be slapped with manslaughter charges. On the oth...

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Obama To Roll Out Vast Overhaul Of System That Governs Wall Street, Banks

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 07.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Barack Obama, Bank Reform, Economy, Bank Crisis, Wall Street Reform, President Obama, Financial Crisis, Financial Crisis Reform, Tim Geithner, Wall Street, Ben Bernanke, Business News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is ready to roll out an overhaul of the intricate rules and systems that govern America's troubled financial...

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New President, New CRA

Mark Winston Griffith | Posted 11.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Community Reinvestment, Community Reinvestment Act, Subprime Crisis, Phil Gramm, Wall Street Crash, Fdic, Bank Reform, Acorn, Obama Administration, Credit Crisis, Bank Loans, Barack Obama, Cra Reform, Cra, Subprime Mortgages, McCain Campaign, Financial Crisis, Business News
Mark Winston Griffith

This nation doesn't need a weaker CRA, but a re-conceived and far stronger tool in the effort to ensure ready access to quality, non-discriminatory, financial services in all communities.

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