#bank

Investment banks manage to go bankrupt through their investment-banking activities, commercial banks manage to go bankrupt through their commercial-banking activities. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#bankrupt #banks #commercial #go #investment

Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves. ↗

— James Buchan

#because #explain #fellows #fine #lot

I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas. ↗

— Patrick Buchanan

#arkansas #back #bank #come #i

This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path. ↗

— Sitting Bull

#destroys #like #nation #path #spring

When there were fears about the future of this nation's older cities... when a few of the cities teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, all eyes were focused on Chicago for contrast. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#bankruptcy #brink #chicago #cities #contrast

Housing associations have fingered the fact that they cannot use their assets as liquidity due to Bank of England rules unlike their continental equivalents. This has emerged to be one of the main bottlenecks to getting investment going in the U.K. It is a Bank of England issue. ↗

— Vince Cable

#associations #bank #cannot #continental #due

Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences. ↗

— Vince Cable

#aspect #balance #balance sheets #banking #banks

Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you are not rich, blame yourself! ↗

— Herman Cain

#big #blame #job #rich #street

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. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#banks #built #destroyed #power #revolves

I think bankers will always get away with whatever they can get away with. ↗

— John le Carre

#away #bankers #get #i #i think