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]
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Breaking News: Bank Whistleblowers United D.C. News Conference
Our Bank Whistleblowers United initiative team, William K. Black, Gary J. Aguirre, Michael Winston and I are headed to Washington D.C. for a news conference, to be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow, Thursday, February 25, at the Campaign for America’s Future headquarters, 1825 K Street NW, Suite 400. I invite you to join us if… [Read More]
The Disappearing Derivatives … Mystery Solved?
With everything going on with Wall Street you may have missed a Reuters article by Charles Levinson that talked of hundreds of billions of dollars of trades by U.S. banks which went missing early last year. Has the mystery of these disappearing derivatives been solved? Well, maybe. It seems the trades had not really disappeared, they’d just… [Read More]
It’s a New Year With Hope for the Large Banks! (?)
It’s a brand new year! And, this means new beginnings and hope for us all personally and perhaps for the direction our country is moving towards. After all, a new year and new beginnings does signify hope so being optimistic is a good thing, isn’t it? I was feeling hopeful the financial services industry was… [Read More]
7 Reasons to Be Grateful This Holiday Season
There are many more than 7 reasons to be grateful this holiday season. Let me share my list with you and perhaps you will add many more of your own: 1. The Fed has finally raised the rates – a much needed step in the right direction . 2. The Government Accountability Project in making… [Read More]
The Large Bank Stranglehold is Tightened!
I continue to tell my audiences the large banks have a “stranglehold” on our country and that “The Dodd-Frank provisions attempting to place controls on the large banks have been systematically gutted …” As 2015 comes to a close all eyes in Washington D.C. are looking at a critical deadline which looms over Congress, our… [Read More]
Is the Government Nationalizing U.S. Companies?
Since 2012, the U.S. seems to be business as usual. Stocks have been climbing, the “too big to fail” banks have basically paid back their government “bail out” money. The housing market has boomed, with too few homes to go around, causing much higher demand for rentals. Unfortunately, this has resulted in some renters having… [Read More]
What Were the Major Causes of the 2008 Financial Crisis?
The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) Financial Crisis Initiative is accumulating talent from scholars and practitioners nationwide to research and come to consensus on two central questions of 2008: What were the major causes of the financial crisis? What policies can and should be implemented to prevent a reoccurrence? To answer these questions, the NCPA… [Read More]
Dodd–Frank challenged in court! A Win for Community Banking and the American Public
In what is being hailed as “a win for the American public,” the D.C. Court of Appeals granted standing to challenge in court the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The D.C. Circuit Court handed down a favorable ruling in the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI, a D.C…. [Read More]
Broken Windows, Broken Banks! It’s time to institute a Wall Street “Zero Tolerance” policy.
In 1995, New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, launched a “zero tolerance” policy. NYC had long been out of control, rife with crime. Giuliani knew strong measures were a must if the city were to survive. “Zero tolerance” was first talked about by James Q. Wilson and George Kelling in a 1982 Atlantic Monthly article…. [Read More]
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