Tag: big banks

Keith Noreika helped big banks avoid state laws protecting consumers. As head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, he now has the power to override those state laws.

While it is unclear whether Trump’s plans are serious, it’s worth considering what breaking up the banks could mean for typical bank customers.

Not the American one, but Trump’s.

The fight for public banking is gaining ground in cities and states across the country.

We haven’t even scratched the surface of the many many years and billions if not trillions of dollars scammed, tricked, kicked (hard) and stolen, and the harm done to the middle and working class.

If and when U.S. regulators announce a probe, there could be questions about federal officials’ own conduct in the affair.

Without these institutions, The GEO Group and CoreCivic would be in trouble—which is what advocates for divestment want.

Hillary won’t do anything to upset that applecart. We should have no illusions about what her presidency would mean from a Wall Street vs. Main Street perspective.

Americans won’t be safe until all fraudulently-inclined institutions are discredited and their leaders are replaced.

What's at work here is the ethical rot that now consumes America's entire corporate system.