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On the GOP targeting Dodd-Frank in the budget battle:

"There is no doubt left in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis that politics will determine survivors."

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On Sen. Elizabeth Warren grilling regulators over a lack of banker prosecutions:

"It appears that an increasing number of people … are more interested in vengeance than rule of law."

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On Sen. Elizabeth Warren grilling regulators over a lack of banker prosecutions:

"The rule of law is the hallmark of a democracy. Why isn't the rule of law applicable to banksters?"

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On why the market values banks at less than book value:

"Warren and [Daniel] Tarullo agree it's because no one trusts them. Nice work, management. It only took a few years from the final dismantling of Glass-Steagall to wreck decades of work in building up public confidence."

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On JPMorgan Chase shareholders' desire for CEO Jamie Dimon to relinquish his chairman title:

"Separating the two functions would undoubtedly improve the bank's board access to information about what's really happening, rather than rely on just the information Mr. Dimon chooses to share."

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On Reddit's news site choosing to accept Bitcoin:

"The more people who get into this virtual currency, the more difficult it will be for traditional banks to continue ignoring it."

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On the need for financial privacy:

"Without privacy, citizens are subject to the tyranny of government and that outcome results in no economy or marketplace."

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On a vision of banking from the 1950s now described as 'dystopian':

"Orwell is dystopian... [This] vision of banking doesn't quite make that mark. On the other hand, the current model of banking has created a whole genre [of] distinctly dystopian non-fiction."

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On a call to scrap payday loans:

"If we are choosing to dispose of the payday lending industry over a few controversies then Wall Street should be disposed of as well."

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On simplifying the terms associated with a payday loan:

"If someone has a problem understanding that a payday loan is an advance on their next payday, they're probably having problems with credit generally."

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On who would benefit from money market fund reform:

"Allowing the MMF industry to buy insurance only when their funds are underwater clearly harms taxpayers and is a lousy business model for this line of business at the FDIC."

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On the impact of loan vintages on a bank's risk profile:

"The year class of the assets greatly affects recovery. Those banks that want to raise capital or make acquisitions, or just survive, need to understand the ramifications."

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