August 17, 2011
“In order to receive money from the Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program at the height of the financial crisis, banks had to agree to pay a 5% dividend on the preferred stock they issued to Treasury in return for the government’s assistance. But 163 banks deferred their payments.”
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