Posts Tagged ‘financial reform’

Still Writing, Regulators Delay Rules

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Regulators overseeing financial reform are delaying many changes in the $600 trillion market for derivatives because they are running behind schedule in writing their new rules.

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Still Writing, Regulators Delay Rules

Bankers’ Pay On the Line Again

Sunday, December 26th, 2010

The people who run big banks in the US have had a good year. They pushed back hard on financial reform legislation during the spring and were able to defeat the most serious efforts to constrain their power. They and their non-US colleagues scored an even bigger win at Basel this fall, where the international committee that sets financial safety standards decided to keep the required levels of equity in banks at dangerously low levels. read more

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Bankers’ Pay On the Line Again

You’re the Boss: The Fed’s Debit Fee Rule

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

Or will it pit merchants against consumers?

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You’re the Boss: The Fed’s Debit Fee Rule