Banking Quote by James Surowiecki

“Banks were once an extremely valuable part of the economy and did a lot of good in advancing civilization. Banks played a pivotal role…

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

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

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I'm not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.

— Adam McKay

Is this complicated, risky [banking] system the best we can have?

— Anat R. Admati

Banks are run by executives, and executives protect themselves, and that does not always mean that banks are going to behave rationally.

— Daniel Kahneman

I have always been afraid of banks.

— Andrew Jackson

The business of banking ought to be simple. If it is hard it is wrong. The only securities which a banker, using money that…

— Walter Bagehot

Our whole system of banks is a violation of every honest principle of banks. There is no honest bank but a bank of deposit.…

— John Adams

Instead of abandoning competition and giving banks protected monopolies once again, the public would be better served by making it easier to close banks…

— Raghuram Rajan

No business in the economy has the easy money that banks get to play with.... The existence of banks with single digit amounts of…

— Anat R. Admati

“Even as a former Banker I can see that the Blockchain and Ethereum are challenging the role of traditional banks. I think at some…

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

A lot of financial technology is foolhardy. Saying, 'We're going to kill banks. We're going to disrupt everything,' ignores some realities.

— Chris Larsen