Regulator Benjamin Lawsky Is the Man Banks Fear Most

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Regulator Benjamin Lawsky Is the Man Banks Fear Most:

Using the law as a cudgel to insure banking executives get fired for their crimes and banks feel the pain when they break the law? Having meetings in which bank CEOs “begged for mercy”? Closing the loopholes the Feds don’t have the will or leverage to close? Leaving banks ‘with no comment’?

Leaving federal agencies who have failed to regulate Too Big To Fail banks upset? Seeking larger fines so aggressively that it makes it ‘harder to settle’? Forcing Treasury to move faster? Slapping down a big four consulting firm? Taking on the insurance companies?

Sign me up for this guy’s fan club.

Build your own banking scandal news story (Barclays edition)

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Build your own banking scandal news story (Barclays edition):

QUARTZ BANK SCANDAL POST GENERATOR v4.7 // BEGIN TEMPLATE // Today [1. Bank] was hit with a [2. Size of penalty] fine by [3. Regulatory authority] for its part in manipulating the [4. Benchmark] market. The market is worth [5. Size of market]. [6. Stern statement from regulator] [7. Contrite statement from bank] In the…

Ugh.