Backs Quote by Karen Mills

I think we've learned that the S.B.A. plays a critical role in providing access and opportunity when the market is not providing that access.…

— Karen Mills

The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit.

— John Buchanan Robinson

Many businesses in an investment bank, not only at UBS, are structurally a loss leader, so they don't pay for the cost of capital.

— Sergio Ermotti

“Building a business doesn't mean getting venture capital funding. It means finding customers and making money.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

Investment banking is not a business; it is a personal service where bankers work hand in hand with their clients. And it is a…

— Felix Rohatyn

Commercial banks are very good for certain businesses, like loans and guarding other people's money. They're not great investors or entrepreneurs.

— John Gutfreund

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

Many small businesses rely on small financial institutions, like credit unions and community banks, to meet their capital requirements. Without them, these small businesses…

— Sam Graves

Prior to the 2008 recession, many financial institutions were engaging in 'proprietary lending,' where a bank would invest funds for its own gain instead…

— Seth Moulton

Banks are there to support businesses that have justifiable needs.

— Vijay Mallya

We've been in the business of regional banking, and we understand what it is to make loans, and that's the engine of growth to…

— Steve Mnuchin

“The final way to respond to the difficulty of lending against intangibles is the most radical. It is for businesses to change their finance…

— Jonathan Haskel