Former FDIC and Fifth Third Bank Chairman William Isaac and CNBC's Rick Santelli discuss regulatory reform as the Senate financial reform bill is expected to pass this week, ten years after the financial crisis.

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March 16, 2018

Former FDIC and Fifth Third Bank Chairman William Isaac and CNBC’s Rick Santelli discuss regulatory reform as the Senate financial reform bill is expected to pass this week, ten years after the financial crisis.

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Former FDIC and Fifth Third Bank Chairman William Isaac and CNBC’s Rick Santelli discuss regulatory reform as the Senate financial reform bill is expected to pass this week, ten years after the financial crisis.

March 16, 2018

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BankThink Accounting standards shouldn’t be left to the accountants, by William M. Isaac published by American Banker on January 4, 2019 January 6, 2019 The SEC and FASB are at it again with a plan requiring banks to forecast and book “current expected credit losses” over the life of loans without even a credit for expected interest income. Bank regulators are dutifully moving forward with plans to implement the new accounting standards. The impact could be very negative for most ...
BankThink A cautionary tale on brokered deposits By William M. Isaac November 9, 2018 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is considering changing its rules governing brokered deposits, as American Banker recently reported. A number of bankers have urged the FDIC to liberalize the current rules so they might fund their banks more readily and extensively by purchasing money from deposit brokers. I would caution bankers and the FDIC to ...
BankThink Don’t reinvent the wheel on housing finance: Restore Fannie and Freddie, by William M. Isaac published by American Banker on February 16, 2018 February 18, 2018 BankThink Don’t reinvent the wheel on housing finance: Restore Fannie and Freddie Tackling the last piece of unfinished business from the 2008 financial crisis is a top priority for policymakers — the big question is how to do it. Recently, an early draft of legislation aimed at reforming the twin housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ...
BankThink Congress should intervene to let more banks make small-dollar loans William M. Isaac published by American Banker on November 29 2017 November 30, 2017 When it comes to short-term, small-dollar loans, banks are between a rock and a hard place. Consumers are demanding short-term credit, and officials such as former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray have urged banks to meet this need. On the other hand, stringent regulation meant to shut down predatory lenders is understandably causing banks ...
Regulators Can Help American Workers Get the Credit They Deserve, Published in The Wall Street Journal, By William M. Isaac and Ken Rees October 30, 2017 Nonprime lending isn’t as risky as it’s made out to be, and fintech firms can help traditional banks. This month the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued new rules likely to curtail payday and title loans. On the same day, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency removed its ban on short-term subprime lending by banks. ...
The Fed Should Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Low Inflation, By William M. Isaac and Richard M. Kovacevich, published by The Wall Street Journal on September 17, 2017 September 18, 2017 America’s central bankers ought to be focused on revving the economy and adding jobs—period. There’s no excuse for the Federal Reserve’s dawdling—not even its obsessive concern that inflation is too low. At 1.4% year on year as of July, core inflation is below the Fed’s target of 2%, but that goal is arbitrary and unrealistic for ...

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