Banking Quote by Justin Welby

The fundamental problem with banks is what it's always been: they're in the business of banking, and banking, whether plain vanilla or incredibly sophisticated,…

— James Surowiecki

You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.

— Jamie Dimon

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

— Daniel Kahneman

Banking is necessary - banks are not.

— Bill Gates

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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

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

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

At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call, skim it for their…

— James Buchan

The key function of banks is money creation, not intermediation.

— Michael Kumhof

Why do I have an issue with banks? They have their greedy fingers in everyones money. No other industry has the power to deduct…

— Jonathan Raymond

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.

— J. Edgar Hoover