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On whether Washington is trying to eliminate community banks:

"One could certainly find the evidence to be persuasive."

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On whether Washington is trying to eliminate community banking:

"Federal regulators believe the community bank business model is 'broken' and are actively seeking ways to mend it … They would appreciate constructive comments, but not conspiracy theories."

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On whether Washington is trying to eliminate community banking:

"We welcome our megabank overlords. After all, we paid for them."

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On Jamie Dimon leading big-bank efforts to get Congress to compromise on the fiscal cliff:

"Dimon can't manage his own business: money-laundering, cheating on RMBSs, illegal foreclosures, MF Global, Peregrine, etc."

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On giving Citigroup credit for its recent board transformation:

"The only reason they replaced their board is because for the third time in the last 30 years, they again failed."

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On Basel III putting community banks out of business:

"Community Banks! Join the club! Small businesses and entrepreneurs, your principal clients, have also been put out of business by Basel II and III."

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On Walmart and Amex's Bluebird card:

"What's wrong with a little honest competition in the financial services industry?"

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On Walmart and Amex's Bluebird card:

"What is wrong with disclosing what you are selling? FDIC-or-Not-FDIC insured seems like a pretty simple and meaningful disclosure."

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On Walmart and Amex's Bluebird card:

"Salute to Amex, and may the forces of goodness, free-competition, and fairness attend your every move."

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On when bank regulation becomes bank protectionism:

"If regulation takes away choices from the consumer, how is that good for the consumer?. … Do we really think the government makes more intelligent choices for people than people can make for themselves?"

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On the potential for a responsible return to subprime lending:

"Even with money plentiful, subprime lending was an idea that politicians would take too far. Those who dream of homeownership should start seriously saving for it."

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On the potential for a responsible return to subprime lending:

"The subprime crisis was caused by an originate-to-distribute model that encouraged fraud, not by lending to low-income borrowers per se."

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On the potential for a responsible return to subprime lending:

"The former subprime borrowers are still out there, today the definition of a subprime borrower is the person who can't get a loan."

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On speeding up the short sale process:

"Realtors recommending that borrowers stop making payments is never a good idea."

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On customers embracing EMV technology:

"To paraphrase Steve Jobs: 'They'll get used to it.'"

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