Balance Quote by Toshihiko Fukui

Banks need to continue to lend to creditworthy borrowers to earn a profit and remain strong.

— Ben Bernanke

The banks' product is debt. They try to tell customers that "debts are good for you," but the customers can't afford any more debt,…

— Michael Hudson

If you think too-big-to-fail banks are not worthy of investment because of their impossible-to-read balance sheets, well then, don't buy them.

— Barry Ritholtz

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

— James Grant

Banks get in trouble for one reason: They make bad loans.

— Carl Webb

Banks are there to support businesses that have justifiable needs.

— Vijay Mallya

The credit card companies have put the loan sharks out of business.

— Elizabeth Warren

Financial institutions have been merging into a smaller number of very large banks. Almost all banks are interrelated. So the financial ecology is swelling…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

We have to make sure that the banks pay every nickel of loan losses that they create, but we don't want to hold them…

— Edward Conard

One nation banking recognises that banks must not be isolated from the rest of the economy. Because banks and small businesses must succeed or…

— Ed Miliband

When bankers get into business they usually destroy it.

— Henry Ford

Paying debt service to banks leaves less income to buy goods and services.

— Michael Hudson