Cordray divides banks with ability-to-repay loan rule – Carter Dougherty and Clea Benson (Bloomberg News)
May 1, 2012
“Richard Cordray wants lenders to adhere to the most basic tenet of banking: making sure borrowers can repay. Getting …

Bankers Assault on Financial Reform -Gerald Epstein: New financial regulations contained in the Dodd-Frank law are being gutted or delayed by regulators and Congress – Transcipt, Paul Jay (The Real News Network)
April 30, 2012
“And this …

Tea Party Congressmen Accept Cash From Bailed-Out Bankers – Heidi Przybyla and Phil Mattingly (Bloomberg News)
April 30, 2012
“Tea Party favorites such as Stephen Fincher of Tennessee were swept into Congress on a wave of anger …

AFR submitted a comment letter to the Federal Reserve urging for more supervision of systemically important financial institutions.

Credit Default Swaps Made European Debt Crisis Worse: Study – Mark Gongloff (Huffington Post)
April 27, 2012
“While many may disagree with the concept that speculation in CDS moves markets, it’s a lot harder to disagree with …

Lehman elite stood to get $700 million – Walter Hamilton, Andrew Tangel and Stuart Pfeifer (Los Angeles Times)
April 27, 2012
“Less than a year before the 2008 collapse of Lehman Bros. plunged the global economy into …