By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Decreasing the number of U.S. agencies that police banks is an idea gaining momentum in Congress, even though bolder efforts to rip up the overall financial regulatory system and start fresh have stalled.
U.S. bank “super-cop” idea gains support in Senate
FDIC chief warns against single U.S. bank regulator
Sept 1 (Reuters) – A single regulator for all U.S. banks is not the solution to streamline the financial regulatory system, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Chairman Sheila Bair wrote in an opinion column in the New York Times.
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