I always loved that old song 'Banks of the Ohio' - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.
I just want to say that the only thing less popular than putting money into banks is putting money into the auto industry.
Who lent the Greeks the most money? It was German banks, and for a long time, they were profiting from it quite nicely.
In the future the question will not be, "Are people credit-worthy", but rather, "Are banks people-worthy?"
“All the big banks have had troubles of one sort or another ... And I see no reason why Wells Fargo as a company, from both an investor standpoint and a moral standpoint going forward, is in any way inferior to the other big banks with which it competes." [Buffett] "Harvey Weinstein has done a lot for improving behaviour too." [Munger]
Toronto won't topple New York or London as a financial center, nor will it dethrone Los Angeles as the international entertainment capital, but with its large and stable banks, numerous knowledge-based industries thriving in the surrounding mega-regions, and an increasingly diverse population, it will gain ground. And with employment opportunities in the largest centers eroding, it can make a big move on top global talent. It stands as a model of an older, once heavily industrial Frostbelt city that has not only turned itself around but continues to grow and thrive.
Among the largest banks, the capital ratios remain good and I don’t expect any serious problems. . . . among the large, internationally active banks that make up a very substantial part of our banking system.
I think that some of today's focus on freedom of information and trans rights have a tendency to focus on the actions of individuals and how they should be regulated by governments. However, I think it's important to remember that it is the institutions themselves - schools, tax collection services, banks, human resources decisions, health departments, police departments, prosecutors, courts, and prisons - where the most devastating and systemic problems occur today. The scale of these problems is simply unimaginable.
I don't need debt. And if I need debt, if I want debt, I can get it from banks in New York City very easily.
A couple in love walking along the banks of the Seine are, in real fact, a couple in love walking along the banks of the Seine, not mere particles in motion.
Democrats are ready, willing, and able to provide regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions.
Every great decision creates ripples. Like a huge boulder dropping in a lake. The ripples merge and rebound off the banks in unforseeable ways. The heavier the decision, the larger the waves, the more uncertain the consequences.
I fear debt. I don't like being indebted to banks. I have a rule in life that I will get it when I can afford it.
Part of the concept of the euro zone was to establish a common market. The banks were going to bank across all their countries like we bank across states. But that concept got killed for a whole bunch of reasons that I won't get into. That was a good concept, by the way. It may yet return, because there are huge economies of scale in banking. That's another thing people don't quite get.
Their [American banks] big issue will be if they want to deal with the biggest companies, which are doing a lot of business overseas. How they do that is a big question. It's almost impossible to build a global investment bank from scratch. If they want to do that, they probably will have to do an acquisition.
I rob banks for a living. What do you do?
Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.
No one pushed harder than Congressman Barney Frank to force banks and other financial institutions to reduce their mortgage lending standards, in order to meet government-set goals for more home ownership. Those lower mortgage lending standards are at the heart of the increased riskiness of the mortgage market and of the collapse of Wall Street securities based on those risky mortgages.
If information is the currency of democracy, then libraries are its banks.
Bitcoin will do to banks what email did to the postal industry.
