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We need the banks to be attractive to investors again.

— Ana Patricia Botin

If the authorities constrain banks and are aware of the activities of fringe banks and other financial institutions, they are in a better position…

— Hyman Minsky

There is no evidence that more regulation makes things better. The most highly regulated industry in America is commercial banking, and that didn't save…

— Wilbur Ross

The banks, because of mismanagement, because of huge risk taking, are now in very vulnerable positions. We can expect that we're gonna have to…

— Barack Obama

It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their…

— Evan Davis

'Excessive regulation in the banking reform bill will destroy a substantial part of our bond-distributing machinery. Can anyone expect that a step of this…

— Barry Ritholtz

Today what we are doing is modernizing the financial services industry, tearing down those antiquated laws and granting banks significant new authority.

— William J. Clinton

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

With the right sources of funding and some smart, strategic thinking about how to force non-banks to follow the same rules as other lenders,…

— Elizabeth Warren

Finding the balance between making financial institutions safe and secure and also fostering economic growth and job creation is what we need. We need…

— Bob Diamond

We have put in place policies through supervision and regulation that has greatly enhanced the safety and soundness of the banking system.

— Janet Yellen

Many of the smaller banks have had to get to the point where they now have more compliance people than they have lending offices.…

— Wilbur Ross