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How Do We Prevent Banks From Funding Oil Pipelines? Aim Big and Keep Showing Up
Seattle climate activists are at it again with a tar sands petition for banks.
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Well-Balanced
How Banks Are Creating the Next Financial Crisis
Central banks are debating whether to hike their rates.
Fines for Big Financial Firms Have Plunged Under Trump
The amount of penalties that federal regulators have collected from misbehaving financial firms has declined sharply in the first 200 days of Trump.
Democrats Push for More Wells Fargo Hearings After Latest News of Fake Accounts
Wells admitted that it signed up hundreds of thousands of its auto loan customers for insurance without their consent.
Saving Illinois: Getting More Bang for the State’s Bucks
Illinois is teetering on bankruptcy and other states are not far behind, largely due to unfunded pension liabilities — but there are solutions.
Holding Out a Helping Hand to the Banksters
Meet Keith Noreika, a lawyer for the banksters-turned-interim head of the Treasury office in charge of regulating banks.
Community Banking Is Alive, Well: The Three Myths About Dodd-Frank and Community Banks
It's difficult to buy the story that Dodd-Frank hurts community banks.
President Trump: Do You Want Glass-Steagall or Another Economic Meltdown?
In the Trump administration, two key figures offer quite different and conflicting views of what a resurrection of the Glass-Steagall Act might mean.
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But Wait, US Bank Has Not Stopped Funding Pipelines
Despite announcing its intent to stop pipeline project loans, US Bank still gives massive amounts of general financing to oil giants who build pipelines.