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Reform reading: Fed reveals details about $3 trillion in emergency loans

By Julie Vorman

A roundup of news and commentary to help consumers monitor the transparency and accountability of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law....

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August 6, 2010

By Julie Vorman

From Bank of America, two different stories about tracking bailout funds

By Ben Protess

Stock market plunge shows need for tough oversight of financial system, reformers say

By Michael Hudson

One year later: A meltdown retrospective

By Kat Aaron

WaMu, other banks motivated by greed, financial crisis probe concludes

By David Heath

WaMu, other bankers knowingly sold bad loans, Senate probe of crisis concludes

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Senior Treasury Dept. official is latest financial regulator to resign

By Julie Vorman

Morgan Stanley latest to settle with Massachusetts

International regulators order mega-banks to boost capital to 9.5 percent

By Shirley Gao

Dodd-Frank author is proudest of "skin in the game" requirement for mortgage securitizers

By Shirley Gao

Bank of America, tech VP clash over money-laundering detection

By Michael Hudson

Bank of America Corp. faces myriad disputes with whistleblowers, state attorneys general, and homeowners after surviving the U.S. financial

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TARP watchdog sounds alarm about "too big to fail" banks

By Julie Vorman

Dodd-Frank author is proudest of "skin in the game" requirement for mortgage securitizers

By Shirley Gao

Senior Treasury Dept. official is latest financial regulator to resign

By Julie Vorman

Lee Meyerson, lawyer for the big banks, to the financial rescue

By Marianne Lavelle

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Bailout watchdog probes suspected TARP fraud at 64 banks

The government watchdog charged with overseeing the $700 billion bank bailout fund is claiming broad success in cracking down on individual

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Newsmaker interview: Bailout watchdog warns of "doomsday cycle"

By Peter H. Stone

August 6, 2010

By Julie Vorman

TARP helped stabilize financial institutions, but future success questioned

By Laurel Adams

Treasury Dept. scolded for rejecting anti-fraud measures in bank capital program

By David Heath and Julie Vorman

Customers close accounts to protest Wall Street, abusive lending practices

Angry at Wall Street over the financial crisis and consumer credit practices seen as predatory, some consumers have opted to close their acc

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Senior Treasury Dept. official is latest financial regulator to resign

By Julie Vorman

No unemployment worries for bank lobbyists in Washington, where business is booming

By Shirley Gao

From Bank of America, two different stories about tracking bailout funds

By Ben Protess

U.S. stock market plunge followed Financial Stability Oversight Council warning

By Michael Hudson

Big banks sued over credit card protection programs

In 2008, Anna Trachtenberg, a 53-year-old unemployed Pennsylvania homemaker, enrolled in a payment protection service for her credit card fr

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Customers close accounts to protest Wall Street, abusive lending practices

No unemployment worries for bank lobbyists in Washington, where business is booming

By Shirley Gao

Whistleblowers ignored, punished by lenders, dozens of former employees say

By Michael Hudson

Dodd-Frank author is proudest of "skin in the game" requirement for mortgage securitizers

By Shirley Gao

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Morgan Stanley latest to settle with Massachusetts

Before Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley gained notoriety as a failed Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, she was best kno

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Reform reading: Mortgage risk rule creates "unholy alliance" of lobbyists

By Shirley Gao

Dodd-Frank author is proudest of "skin in the game" requirement for mortgage securitizers

By Shirley Gao

WaMu, other banks motivated by greed, financial crisis probe concludes

By David Heath

Lee Meyerson, lawyer for the big banks, to the financial rescue

By Marianne Lavelle

TARP watchdog sounds alarm about "too big to fail" banks

By Julie Vorman

For U.S. banks, bigger is still better despite the financial reform law’s attempt to rein in “too big to fail” institutions, a government wa

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Senior Treasury Dept. official is latest financial regulator to resign

By Julie Vorman

August 6, 2010

By Julie Vorman

Dodd-Frank author is proudest of "skin in the game" requirement for mortgage securitizers

By Shirley Gao

Bailout watchdog probes suspected TARP fraud at 64 banks

Bank lobbyists plead to delay derivatives, FDIC fee rules

By Julie Vorman

A fundamental principle of Lobbying 101 is that when a regulatory issue isn’t going your way, ask for more time. So it’s not surprising to s

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Reform reading: Big banks take on CFTC over policing of derivatives

By Julie Vorman

Oversight fails to keep pace with a changed market

By The Center for Public Integrity

International regulators order mega-banks to boost capital to 9.5 percent

By Shirley Gao

Federal regulator gets derivatives advice from industry insiders

By Keith Epstein and Ben Protess

Reform reading: Big banks take on CFTC over policing of derivatives

By Julie Vorman

A roundup of news and commentary to help consumers monitor the transparency and accountability of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. ...

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Bank lobbyists plead to delay derivatives, FDIC fee rules

By Julie Vorman

Financial Reform — Week of April 25

By Julie Vorman

Top derivatives regulator: 'We haven’t filled the gaps'

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Bailed-out banks paid no income tax in some years, according to study

By John Dunbar and John Dunbar

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