Borrowing Quote by Evan Davis

The financial system has to be regulated, we have to end with the tax havens, and it's necessary that the central banks in the…

— Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

I admit that one should never underestimate the capacity of banks to destroy enormous amounts of accumulated capital and reduce, temporarily, the supply. After…

— Arie de Geus

Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have…

— Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

It's extremely important for our banks to have more capital, higher quality capital.

— Janet Yellen

Higher capital requirements increase bank costs, and at least some of those costs will be passed along to bank customers and shareholders. But in…

— Jerome Powell

Capital is kind of a banking concept.

— Paul Singer

Among the largest banks, the capital ratios remain good and I don’t expect any serious problems . . . . among the large, internationally…

— Ben Bernanke

The financial crisis was linked to the fact that banks had excessive leverage and too many risky assets. The solution is not to try…

— John Paulson

It is an axiom nowadays that no bank fails for lack of capital; unprofitable lending is always the underlying cause.

— James Grant

Can you know you can have institutions that put curbs on that in various ways, and actually what the banks, you know, they have…

— Warren Buffett

It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would…

— Adam Smith

The Bankers' New Clothes makes a simple, powerful argument: that banks need to raise more capital. It is entirely persuasive that the extent of…

— Diane Coyle