Banking Quotes · Page 6

In Mexico, a network of government-operated rural convenience stores is offering banking services to rural communities.

— Sylvia Mathews Burwell

It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking.

— Ron Paul

“Every company is a technology company, regardless of what business they think they’re in. A bank is just an IT company with…

— Gene Kim

Our banking system grew byaccident; and wherever something happens byaccident, it becomes a religion.

— Bill Vaughan

Since I quit banking, all my major life decisions, when they could, have revolved around writing.

— Philipp Meyer

Banks need to think through their ethics very carefully, and many have done so. I dont know any bank that dismisses the…

— Justin Welby

We dont have a good legal justification for breaking up the banking system. But if I could wave a magic wand, Id…

— Kenneth C. Griffin

When I moved from consumer banking to international banking, I thought I brought a lot of insights from India we could implement…

— Chanda Kochhar

Without encryption, you and I wouldn't be able to do our banking online. We wouldn't be able to buy things online, because…

— Tim Cook

There is no legislation--I care not what it is--tariff, railroads, corporations, or of a general political character, that all equals in importance…

— William Howard Taft

I liked the so-called Volcker Rule. I would have separated investment banking and commercial, deposit banking, as we did under the Glass-Steagal…

— John C. Bogle

I worked in investment banking for two years. I was in a program where they kind of just owned you. And you…

— David Einhorn

The attitude of the people proves that not only do we want to, but that we can succeed in pulling our country…

— Nicos Anastasiades

We're a small part of this ecosystem. When we go to a school and talk about investment banking, they are these monster…

— Ken Moelis

There's definitely evidence that capitalism at its most ruthless rewards psychopathic behavior. When you look at the worst corners of the American…

— Jon Ronson

Retail banking in Africa is very weak. You can't go to a village and get money from an ATM or visit a…

— Mo Ibrahim

There's no doubt about it. Arcadia is Tom Stoppard's richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio…

— Vincent Canby

The federal [bank deposit] insurance scheme has worked up to now simply and solely because there have been very few bank failures.…

— H. L. Mencken

It does no one any good to say their novel sucks if you don't have an idea how to make it better,…

— Tod Goldberg

Monetary reform, if it is to be genuine and successful, must sever money and banking from politics. That's why a modern gold…

— Lawrence Reed

“After bursting open a door of idiotic obstinacy with a weak rattle in its throat, you fell into Tellson’s down two steps,…

— Dickens Charles

So Merrill Lynch has launched its first campaign in years to advertise the accomplishments of its investment banking business. The ads feature…

— Bethany McLean

“Investment banking may not be the absolute worst, but it’s up there, full of pride when they describe their requirement to work…

— Anonymous

In the North, neither greenbacks, taxes, nor war bonds were enough to finance the war. So a national banking system was created…

— G. Edward Griffin

Every American knows that banking is complicated, and no institution is too big for oversight.

— Dean Phillips

The whole profit of the issuance of money has provided the capital of the great banking business as it exists today.

— Frederick Soddy

The fact of the matter is, we have the strongest banking system in the world.

— Stephen Harper

I'm totally convinced that the battleground of banking is not the front office. The battleground is the back end.

— Sergio Ermotti

Footballers rely on a healthy banking industry. Our careers are short and what we put away during our playing days is relied…

— David James

The Cayman Islands, a British Crown colony in the Caribbean, for instance, is the fifth largest banking center in the world,

— Michel Chossudovsky

As much as the banking system may not be terribly popular, it is an essential part of the economy.

— James P. Gorman

This is the twilight of the banks. It would be a more cheerful spectacle if we could envision the dawn of the…

— Martin Mayer

Banking is a very treacherous business because you don't realize it is risky until it is too late. It is like calm…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.

— Baron de Montesquieu

I write about banking because it is something I'm familiar with. Also, I don't have to do much research on it.

— Ravi Subramanian

“Have you met a banker, who is not interested in money? He loves the game, not the cash! You should bet on…

— Csaba Gabor

I only know one thing: Everything I learned about the banking business, I learned in the banking towers of the Societe.

— Jerome Kerviel

I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the…

— Abraham Lincoln

There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel, and central banking.

— Will Rogers

My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business.

— Frederick W. Smith