Capital Requirement

Nocera: Capital Requirements Fight 'Most Important' For Bank Reform

The New York Times | JOE NOCERA | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Banking Regulations, Basel III, Aig, Joe Nocera, Elizabeth Warrne, Capital Requirement, Financial Reform, Cfpb, Business News

Capital matters. Let me put that another way. The current fight over additional capital requirements for the banking industry, eye-glazing though it i...

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Two Areas Dominate Debate Over Financial Reform's Implementation

Posted 08.12.2011

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, House of Representatives, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Securities and Echange Commission, Bank of America, Financial Reform Implement, Credit Default Swaps, Sheila Bair, Capital Requirement, Financial Regulation, Bankin Capital, Cftc, HSBC Holdings, Dodd Frank, Business News

WASHINGTON (Kevin Drawbaugh) - Global inconsistencies and industry resistance are clouding the outlook for world financial regulation reform in tw...

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How Capital Requirements Were Changed

Alan Schram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Goldman Sachs, Banks, Financial Crisis, Capital Requirement, Financial Regulation, Business News
Alan Schram

A 2001 analysis(PDF) by Deloitte and Touche of the then-new regulation that lowered the captial requirements for mortgage-backed securities to just 1.6 cents per dollar. Hindsight is 20/20.

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Escape from Pottersville: The North Dakota Model for Capitalizing Community Banks

Ellen Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Reserve, Arianna Huffington, Wall Street, Capital Requirement, Community Banks, It's a Wonderful Life, State-Owned Banks, Move Your Money, Main Street, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, North Dakota, Bank of North Dakota, Benjamin Franklin, Business News
Ellen Brown

Where can our floundering community banks get the capital to make room on their books for substantial new loans? An innovative answer is provided by the state of North Dakota.

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