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June 28, 2018 By Richard Bowen

Glass-Steagall: Come Back Before It’s Too Late. Again!

June 16th marked the 85th anniversary of the Banking Act of 1933, known as the Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial and investment banking. The Depression-era bank regulation kept different types of financial institutions separate. But collective memories have waned as to why it was put into law in 1933 in the first place and why… [Read More]

June 21, 2018 By Richard Bowen

The DOJ report: Another Political Hot Potato?

The Justice Department’s report on the FBI’s handling of the Clinton email scandal and other actions in advance of the 2016 election is already a political hot potato. The report has President Trump supporters saying “Told ya so” and the general public questioning how the DOJ and the FBI runs its departments. And rightfully so…. [Read More]

May 31, 2018 By Richard Bowen

Crapo Spin: Too Big to Fail … Too Small to Succeed

Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, spearheaded a major rollback of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act: The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. The Crapo Bill was a recent topic of hot debate which had passed in the Senate, has now passed unchanged in the House, and has morphed into the Bank Lobbyist… [Read More]

Tagged With: #2008, Bank Lobbyist Act, community banks, Crapo, CrapoBill, DoddFrank, Pelosi, Ryan, tbtf

May 10, 2018 By Richard Bowen

The Fannie and Freddie Credit Merry-Go-Round

Remember the merry-go-round we rode when we were kids? You went round and round and tried to catch the prize, a brass ring. If you didn’t catch the brass ring – you wanted to get down but the merry-go-round kept going. Fannie and Freddie remind me of that merry-go-round as once again they appear to… [Read More]

Tagged With: #2008, Fannie Mae, Financial Crisis, Freddie Mac, Mortgage Lending, Mortgage Meltdown, Wall Street

October 19, 2017 By Richard Bowen

Busting the Financial Regulations Myth! Anat Admati’s Take

The caption of the photo of a founding father facing the New York Stock Exchange caught and held me. It stated, “It takes a willful blindness to liken financial crises to natural disasters.” I was hooked. Wall Street, our government and politicians have repeatedly, willfully and wrongfully branded the 2008 financial crisis a natural disaster,… [Read More]

October 5, 2017 By Richard Bowen

Do We Have Government by Goldman?

As a headline of an article by The Intercept suggests? A funny thing happened on the road to the White House. A President who had railed against Goldman Sachs and other TBTF and proclaimed, “For too long, a small group in our nation’s capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne… [Read More]

Tagged With: Goldman Sachs

September 21, 2017 By Richard Bowen

What an Honor to Present to SEACEN in Kuala Lumpur!

Image: Richard Bowen addresses SEACEN at a round table, two screens with his presentation show 60 minutes slide.

I recently spoke in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at a high-level conference on financial stability and supervision attended by top executives from the central banks of nineteen countries. The conference was sponsored by The South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre, based in Kuala Lumpur. SEACEN was established as a legal entity in… [Read More]

August 11, 2016 By Richard Bowen

Are Regulations Killing Our Economy?

The fourth of a six part series airing on the McCuistion Television Program, which has been focused on the 2008 financial crisis, “Have Dodd- Frank and Other Regulations Been Effective?” (watch it here), featured my  Bank Whistleblowers United colleague, William K. Black.  William, a white collar criminologist and former financial regulator as well as the author of The Best… [Read More]

Tagged With: Bank Whistleblowers United, Financial Crisis, whistleblowers, William Black

April 7, 2016 By Richard Bowen

Silence is Deadly. Lessons Learned.

The audience was primarily internal auditors at my presentation this week at the 11th Annual Fraud Summit, held at the University of Texas at Dallas, where I teach, sponsored by the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and Information Systems Audit and Control Association. I talked about fraud and how as… [Read More]

Tagged With: Citi, Ethics, Financial Crisis, fraud, Wall Street, whistleblowing

March 24, 2016 By Richard Bowen

Now We Know — The DOJ Ignored Two FCIC Citi Criminal Referrals!

Several items have recently hit the press regarding the financial crisis of 2008 which could lead to further investigation of what actually happened and who is responsible. One that has me excited is the National Archives releasing the first of many documents of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) which have been sealed for five… [Read More]

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What People Are Saying About Richard M. Bowen

William D. Cohan"Richard Bowen is one of my heroes. His is a story of human fortitude at its best and Wall Street at its worst."

~ William D. Cohan, NY Times Best Selling Author
2017-06-30T10:08:59-05:00
"Richard Bowen is one of my heroes. His is a story of human fortitude at its best and Wall Street at its worst." ~ William D. Cohan, NY Times Best Selling Author
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Eileen McDonnell"Richard Bowen reinforced my motto that "there is no right way to do a wrong thing.” Long after his presentation, the conversation has continued about personal responsibility and the courage to challenge things that appear to be wrong. We encourage this dialog and rely on it to help make our business stronger."

~ Eileen McDonnell, Chairman, CEO, & President, Penn Mutual
2015-02-13T19:51:19-06:00
"Richard Bowen reinforced my motto that "there is no right way to do a wrong thing.” Long after his presentation, the conversation has continued about personal responsibility and the courage to challenge things that appear to be wrong. We encourage this dialog and rely on it to help make our business stronger." ~ Eileen McDonnell, Chairman, CEO, & President, Penn Mutual
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Ben Stein"Richard Bowen, you are a star and a hero."

~ Ben Stein, Economist and Political Commentator
2015-02-13T19:50:26-06:00
"Richard Bowen, you are a star and a hero." ~ Ben Stein, Economist and Political Commentator
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Jim Farrell"Richard's speech at the April Financial Executives International dinner was informative, interesting, riveting, and fast moving.  The feedback from members was overwhelming positive, and Richard received one of the few standing ovations given by our membership."

~ Jim Farrell, Program Chairman, Dallas Chapter, Financial Executives International
2014-12-28T19:48:17-06:00
"Richard's speech at the April Financial Executives International dinner was informative, interesting, riveting, and fast moving.  The feedback from members was overwhelming positive, and Richard received one of the few standing ovations given by our membership." ~ Jim Farrell, Program Chairman, Dallas Chapter, Financial Executives International
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Dennis McCuistion"Richard Bowen has been there, done that, and has the scars to prove it, and his message of corruption at the highest levels of industry and government needs to be heard. I only wish that more bankers had the courage that Bowen exhibits. He is not only one of the most talented bankers I have ever met, he has more integrity than all the bankers on Wall Street put together. If his former employer had listened to him taxpayers would not have had to bail out Citi for the third time in the last 30 years."

~ Dennis McCuistion, Host of the McCuistion TV program
2014-12-28T19:48:06-06:00
"Richard Bowen has been there, done that, and has the scars to prove it, and his message of corruption at the highest levels of industry and government needs to be heard. I only wish that more bankers had the courage that Bowen exhibits. He is not only one of the most talented bankers I have ever met, he has more integrity than all the bankers on Wall Street put together. If his former employer had listened to him taxpayers would not have had to bail out Citi for the third time in the last 30 years." ~ Dennis McCuistion, Host of the McCuistion TV program
https://richardmbowen.com/testimonials/533/

Betty Garrett"Richard Bowen is a dynamic, entertaining speaker and story-teller - a CPA with a great personality!"

~ Betty Garrett, Garrett Speakers International
2014-12-28T19:47:50-06:00
"Richard Bowen is a dynamic, entertaining speaker and story-teller - a CPA with a great personality!" ~ Betty Garrett, Garrett Speakers International
https://richardmbowen.com/testimonials/531/

fred-timmons"I believe Richard Bowen is the only keynote speaker to ever receive a standing ovation from the Texas Society of CPA’s at any of its annual conferences."

~ Fred Timmons, Chairman of The Texas Society of CPA's
2014-12-28T19:47:22-06:00
"I believe Richard Bowen is the only keynote speaker to ever receive a standing ovation from the Texas Society of CPA’s at any of its annual conferences." ~ Fred Timmons, Chairman of The Texas Society of CPA's
https://richardmbowen.com/testimonials/530/

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Playing for High Stakes: The Principles and Practice of Ethical Leadership

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