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May 22

House OKs bill rolling back landmark Dodd-Frank banking rules

By Associated Press

Congress has moved to dismantle some key rules for banks that were installed to prevent a replay of the 2008 financial crisis.

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Mar 05

Opinion: How this Senate banking bill could open the front door to housing discrimination

By Catherine Cortez Masto, Vanita Gupta

Now is not the time for Congress to make it harder for state attorneys general to fill the void in consumer protection and civil rights enforcement that President Trump is creating.

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Feb 22

Watch 7:41
Documentary tells tiny bank’s David vs. Goliath story in 2008 financial crisis aftermath

By PBS News Hour

Only one bank was indicted in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, and it was a very small one. The Oscar-nominated documentary "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail" tells the story of its prosecution for mortgage fraud and its ultimate…

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Nov 27

Watch 7:07
Consumer agency is banking cop for American families, says Sen. Warren

By PBS News Hour

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., says the law is clear when it comes to who should run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the wake of the resignation of its director. Warren, who helped create the bureau under the Obama administration,…

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Jun 11

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New film follows the only bank charged after financial crisis

By Saskia de Melker, Melanie Saltzman

A new documentary, "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail," tells the story of Abacus Federal Savings Bank, a small, family-run bank in New York City. Abacus was the only bank ­­in the U.S. to face criminal charges after the 2008 financial…

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Jan 12

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Is Obama’s economic legacy one of missed opportunity or success?

By PBS News Hour

What is President Obama’s economic legacy? Did his efforts to turn the country around after the 2008 financial crisis constitute a robust recovery, or too little, too late? Economics correspondent Paul Solman assembled a panel of economic experts to discuss…

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Apr 12

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Is Dodd-Frank missing some vital regulatory firewalls?

By PBS News Hour

Investment bank Goldman Sachs became this week the last big institution to settle with the federal government for its role in the 2008 financial crisis. But in an election cycle that has seen big banks under more scrutiny than ever…

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Oct 08

Watch 7:32
What it was like to head the Fed during the 2008 meltdown

By PBS News Hour

In “The Courage to Act,” former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke writes that the global economic collapse of 2008 could have resulted in a crisis akin to 1929 had he, his colleagues and policymakers around the world acted differently. He…

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Feb 03

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Will S&P’s penalty for too-rosy mortgage securities ratings send a message?

By PBS News Hour

While not admitting wrongdoing, Standard & Poor’s Financial Services agreed to pay almost $1.4 billion to settle allegations by the Justice Department that credit ratings for high-risk mortgage securities mislead investors before the 2008 financial crisis. Judy Woodruff discusses implications…

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Jan 13

House GOP majority aims to soften financial overhaul law

By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The newly bulked-up Republican majority in the House is aiming to soften the bite of legislation that grew out of the 2008 financial crisis and put banks and Wall Street under the most sweeping rules since the Great…

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