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Regulators Do What Dillinger Didn't--Shut 6 Illinois Banks

Regulators Do What Dillinger Didn't--Shut 6 Illinois Banks

chicagotribune.com - 20 weeks ago - 136 views

The government agency, charged with the financial health of Illinois banks, is concerned that private equity firms & hedge funds will buy & flip failing Illinois banks. The FDIC increases capital requirements.

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Should the government discourage private investors from buying the rising number of failed American banks by increasing the banks' capital reserves or should we be more concerned with private equity flipping banks to make a quick buck?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124655025307686641.html

The FDIC just siezed 52 banks nationally, the largest number since the Great Depression of the 1920s-30's.

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