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President's Day: The Great Refrainer

Jeff For Banks

And non-existent regulation likely played a role in the crash. In a letter to his father when he was Governor of Massachusetts he said "It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones." And I think Coolidge-like leadership would set about righting this listing ship. Where are you today Calvin!

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

Gonzobanker

Heavy-handed regulators. Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. One word can summarize this action-packed banking year, GonzoBankers – tiring.

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Fizzle Of The Week: The Activist CFPB

PYMNTS

And, under his leadership, the new CFPB seems bent on doing things very differently than it has in the past. But critics, notably Massachusetts Senator and CFPB architect Elizabeth Warren, have accused Mulvaney of shuttering the CFPB in all but name only, and doing so by defanging its ability to actually protect consumers. The reason?

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