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Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit said supermarket banking, a strategy pursued by his firm in past decades to provide all financial products including insurance, no longer fits the times.
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Glenn Hubbard, an economic advisor to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, praised Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday — a break from GOP members that have been widely critical of the central banker.
August 22 -
The SEC rolled out its first whistle-blower award on Tuesday, a $50,000 payment to an anonymous informant who helped bring down a Ponzi scheme. So far, the government has recovered $150,000.
August 22 -
Bank of America has ceased selling all payment protection plans to credit card customers, killing off a business line targeted by regulators.
August 22 -
It's foolhardy to try to read traders' minds to determine if the inventory they are keeping exceeds the demand they expect from clients. There is a better way.
August 22
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Friends of Traditional Banking, a SuperPAC created by a group of state associations last spring, has narrowed its sights to seven races — and is hoping more community banks will join it as it decides what two candidates it should support.
August 22 -
Royal Bank of Scotland is being probed by the Federal Reserve and Justice Department for potentially violating sanctions against Iran, two people briefed on the talks said.
August 22 -
The Federal Reserve did not object to a revised capital plan from Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) that included a potential divided increase and repurchase of common stock.
August 22 -
The effects of a loose monetary policy were compounded by housing policy not just the "affordable" housing goals set for Fannie and Freddie but also CRA quotas imposed on banks.
August 22
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When bankers heard that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had selected Paul Ryan as his running mate, most likely cheered the news. The Wisconsin congressman is, after all, the Capitol Hill antithesis of Barney Frank. He's the Republicans' standard-bearer for limited government in all its forms and has gone into greater depth than anyone else in his party in laying out a plan for limiting it.
August 22
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