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Financial Reform

Legislative and corporate efforts to make reforms in the global financial system took place after the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009.

Articles About Financial Reform

Analysis: Fed regulators in hot seat over JPMorgan loss

By Reuters

NEW YORK/WASHINGTONThe discussion may have migrated from too big to fail to too big to manage and too big to regulate. (May 14)

MORE TOPICS: FEDERAL RESERVE, BEN BERNANKE, IMF, JPMORGAN CHASE, STORM, NEW YORK

JPMorgan $2 billion loss dents shares, Teflon image

By Reuters UK

JPMorgan Chase & Co's shock trading loss of at least $2 billion (1.24 billion pounds) from a failed hedging strategy knocked shares of the largest U.S. bank by assets down over 9 percent on Friday, along with the reputation of Chief Executive Jamie Dimon. (May 11)

MORE TOPICS: FEDERAL RESERVE, CITIGROUP, BANK OF AMERICA, DEUTSCHE BANK, JPMORGAN CHASE, FLORIDA

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JPMorgan Chase Rolls Out Prepaid Card To Recoup Lost Fees

By IBTimes

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), the largest and most profitable U.S. bank, will launch a reloadable prepaid card in its 5,541 branches this summer, aiming to attract new customers and recoup fees it has lost under recent regulatory changes. (May 09)

MORE TOPICS: BANK OF AMERICA, JPMORGAN CHASE, U.S. BANCORP, NYSE, NEW YORK, AMERICAN EXPRESS

JPMorgan steers low-end clients to prepaid cards

By Reuters

JPMorgan Chase & Co <JPM.N> plans to move its least profitable checking customers into new prepaid debit card accounts to boost earnings in a business crimped by new regulations. (May 08)

MORE TOPICS: BANK OF AMERICA, JPMORGAN CHASE, U.S. BANCORP, WELLS FARGO, NEW YORK, AMERICAN EXPRESS

JPMorgan sees profit in prepaid debit cards

By Reuters

JPMorgan Chase & Co <JPM.N> plans to move its least profitable checking customers into new accounts that rely more heavily on debit cards, in an effort to boost earnings in a business that has been clobbered by new regulations. (May 08)

MORE TOPICS: JPMORGAN CHASE, U.S. BANCORP, NEW YORK, AMERICAN EXPRESS, MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT

After the bailout - few fans but no fix for Fannie and Freddie

By Reuters UK

In considering how to fix the ailing U.S. housing market, Republicans and Democrats in Washington have found a rare point of agreement: they would prefer life without failed mortgage giants Fannie Mae <FNMA.OB> and Freddie Mac <FMCC.OB>. (Apr 23)

MORE TOPICS: FREDDIE MAC, FANNIE MAE, TIMOTHY GEITHNER, ELECTIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MORTGAGE

China's Wen Urges Breakup of Bank Monopoly as Growth Slows

By Reuters

China's premier called the country's big banks a monopoly that needed to be broken to get money flowing to cash-starved private firms, as the nation's economy appears to have skidded to its slowest growth in three years. (Apr 04)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK, GDP, INVESTMENT

Geithner says U.S. far behind on housing finance reform

By Reuters

The United States is far behind on reforming the country's housing finance system, where the government's mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac provide funding for the bulk of U.S. home loans, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday. (Apr 04)

MORE TOPICS: FREDDIE MAC, FANNIE MAE, TIMOTHY GEITHNER, MORTGAGE

Geithner says far behind on housing finance reform

By Reuters

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday that the United States was far behind on reforming the country's housing finance system where the government's mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac provide funding for the bulk of U.S. home loans. (Apr 04)

MORE TOPICS: FREDDIE MAC, FANNIE MAE, TIMOTHY GEITHNER, MORTGAGE

China's Wen urges breakup of bank monopoly as growth slows

By Reuters UK

China's premier called the country's big banks a monopoly that needed to be broken to get money flowing to cash-starved private firms, as the nation's economy appears to have skidded to its slowest growth in three years. (Apr 03)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK, GDP, INVESTMENT

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