Quotes on the topic: Banks


Sorted by Popularity


There is a very strong linkage between U.S. banks and European banks. There are plenty of European employees that are employed by U.S. companies, and there are plenty of U.S. employees that are employed by European companies.


New Yorkers have been fortunate to have Andrew Cuomo as our Attorney General - protecting working New Yorkers against the banks, insurance companies and big corporations.


What is the system? It revolves around the banks, the system is built on the power of the banks, so it can be destroyed through the banks.


You have to remember: what are incomes to banks are outgoes to families.


I think a lot of Americans are not sure which side Washington is on: the side of banks or the side of the people.


Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.


The Japanese banks are not having an easy time as they once had.


I always loved that old song 'Banks of the Ohio' - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.


Is there any reason why the American people should be taxed to guarantee the debts of banks, any more than they should be taxed to guarantee the debts of other institutions, including merchants, the industries, and the mills of the country?


You want banks to take some risk, but intelligent risk.


I have always been afraid of banks.


Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy mortgages from banks and other lenders, providing those financial institutions with capital to make new loans.


Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.


If your only arbiter of anything is money, really you should... go and rob banks.


The Federal Reserve needs to provide small businesses in America with the same low-interest loans it gave to foreign banks.


The banks have accounts with the Fed, much the same way that you have an account in a commercial bank.


The Federal Reserve has never suffered any losses in the course of its normal lending to banks and, now, to primary dealers.


Some big banks remain wary of venture capital.


Normally, banks record profits on loans only as they are repaid, whether they securitize the loans or hold them on their books.


Business cycles lengthened greatly during the 20th century, as central banks learned to manage national economies by raising and lowering interest rates.