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EU Stress-Test Results to Be Published Friday Night

Source:   WSJ.com The Committee of European Banking Supervisors will publish the results of its bank stress tests Friday at 6 p.m. (noon ET), a European Commission spokesman said Thursday. The statement from the commission, the European Union’s executive arm, comes as some EU regulators are pushing to publish the stress-test results at 8 a.m. Friday [...]

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Dispiriting Data Before ‘Stress Test’ Results

Source: NYTimes.com The governments and regulators of the European Union still have a lot of work in store to shore up the reputation of their individual banking systems, as data demonstrates that weaker members are leaning on the European Central Bank like never before, The Wall Street Journal reported. The data highlights how banks in [...]

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U.S. Lawmakers Reach Accord on New Finance Rules

The legislation would redraw how money flows through the U.S. economy, from the way people borrow money to the way banks structure complicated products like derivatives. It could touch every person who has a bank account or uses a credit card.

It would erect a new consumer-protection regulator within the Federal Reserve, give the government new powers [...]

Bank failure is 83rd in ’10; pace more than double last year

Regulators on Friday shut down a Nevada bank, raising to 83 the number of U.S. bank failures this year.

The 83 closures so far this year is more than double the pace set in all of 2009, which was itself a brisk year for shutdowns. By this time last year, regulators had closed 40 banks. The pace [...]

Bank failure is 83rd in ’10; pace more than double last year

Regulators on Friday shut down a Nevada bank, raising to 83 the number of U.S. bank failures this year.

The 83 closures so far this year is more than double the pace set in all of 2009, which was itself a brisk year for shutdowns. By this time last year, regulators had closed 40 banks. The pace [...]