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It’s Time to Rethink Wall Between Banking, Other Businesses: U.S. Comptroller

U.S. regulations that bar companies such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. from providing banking services need to be reviewed as they reduce competition thereby concentrating more risk among a smaller number of banks, a U.S. banking regulator said on Wednesday. At …

MetLife Asks Court to Delay ‘Too Big to Fail’ Challenge as Trump Vows Review

MetLife Inc. is asking a U.S. court to put on pause a case over how the government deems certain companies “too big to fail,” one of the most significant reforms to come out of the financial crisis, while President Donald …

Insurers Push to Keep Industry Expert Woodall on U.S. Regulatory Council

With no sign of a replacement in the works, the U.S. insurance industry is pushing to prevent the departure of a key figure on the federal body that determines how large insurance companies are regulated. Roy Woodall, the sole independent …

House Republicans’ Report Hits ‘Too Big to Fail’ Designation Process

Congressional Republicans are taking aim at the regulatory process through which some financial institutions become subject to heightened regulation because they are deemed too big to fail. In a report released on Tuesday, Republican staff members of the House of …