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Better Markets Analysis

September 10, 2024

Standing up to the Bank Lobbyists on Capital

Banking regulators have proposed new, long overdue, capital requirements which will only be applicable to less than 40 of the largest bank holding companies in the country and none of the more than…

Banking

July 25, 2023

Ten False Claims About Bank Capital

Below is the introduction to the fact sheet. Read the full fact sheet here on click the button below. Well capitalized banks are essential for a strong banking sector,…

Fact Sheets

July 11, 2023

The Review Process for Bank Mergers and Acquisitions Is Seriously Deficient, Allows Too-Big-to-Fail to Proliferate, and Fails to Protect Consumers

Below is the introduction to the fact sheet. Read the full fact sheet here or click the button below. The country benefits from a diversified banking system, from community banks…

Fact Sheets

May 15, 2023

Banking Crisis Exemplifies the Fed’s Enforcement Failures: Here’s What to Do About It

Below is the Introduction to the Report. Read the full Report here. The failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, Silvergate Bank, and First Republic Bank—as well as the ongoing banking…

Reports

May 09, 2023

Ten Actions Necessary to Prevent Large Bank Failures, Strengthen the Financial System, and Protect Main Street Families

Below is the Introduction to the Fact Sheet, read the full Fact Sheet here. The failures of First Republic Bank, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Signature Bank, and the ongoing banking crisis…

Fact Sheets

February 14, 2023

Shadow Banking Series

Nonbank financial institutions that make up the largely unregulated “shadow banking sector” pose serious risks to the U.S. financial system. Their growth in size, scope, and interconnectedness over the last decade has…

Reports

January 19, 2023

Fact Sheet: FinTech, Crypto, the Banking Industry and Regulation

Download the fact sheet here. By Dennis Kelleher, Co-Founder, President and CEO Phillip Basil, Director of Banking Policy Introduction The recent rapid and spectacular collapse of the crypto company…

Fact Sheets

January 17, 2023

Federal Reserve Policies and Systemic Instability: Decoupling Asset Pricing from Underlying Risks

Dennis Kelleher, Cofounder, President, and CEO; Phillip Basil, Director of Banking Policy While most of the current focus on the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) is around inflation and the Fed’s fight against it,…

Reports

December 22, 2022

Protecting Our Economy by Strengthening the U.S. Banking System Through Higher Capital Requirements

The largest banks in the U.S. remain subject to insufficient capital requirements that undermine the stability of the financial system and leave the possibility of future banking crises too high. Capital standards…

Reports