The latest news out of Cyprus is that authorities there announced plans to restructure one of its major lenders and guarantee deposits below 100, 000 euros, with the parliament seen discussing a new banking bill Friday.
What's more, Italy may have to fork out a few tens of billions of euros to recapitalise its banks - which is less than Spain's banking bill but rather more than the banking liability I face.
The two Lloyds executives threw weight behind Chancellor George Osborne's announcement earlier in the day that the forthcoming Banking Reform Bill would "electrify" the ring-fence, as recommended by the banking standards committee.
Use a dedicated computer for financial matters such as online banking and bill pay.
The forthcoming Banking Reform Bill would bring "far-reaching, lasting change to the structure of British banks", he vowed.
Virtualization allows each of those machines to host "virtual" servers that are capable of both online banking and bill processing.
We also both handle the banking, bill paying and investment decisions.
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Now the chancellor has given a speech to persuade you that they will, on the day that his long-awaited banking reform bill is submitted to parliament.
This week's big bill is the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill, the measure which is supposed to avert another financial crisis, by enacting the recommendations of the Vickers Report.
The Commons meets at 2.30pm on Monday for Work and Pensions questions, then - assuming no ministerial statements or urgent questions - MPs turn to the second reading Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill.
The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards takes evidence from Bill Winters, former member of the Independent Commission on Banking and former co-chief executive officer of JP Morgan Investment Bank.
And in 2008, he was one of two senators on the banking committee to oppose a bill putting sanctions on Iran.
This is a banking product, complete with online bill-paying and check-writing.
The bill, introduced by Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, creates a new consumer protection agency under the Federal Reserve and a new council of regulators who would keep watch over the financial system.
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In the coming months, Levin and subcommittee ranking member Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) are expected to work closely with the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, which has jurisdiction over banking legislation, to craft a bill that provides more protection to consumers.
Not surprisingly, the American Financial Services Association, a banking industry group, is opposing the bill.
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Earlier this year, the House Financial Services Committee passed an FHA reform bill, and the Senate Banking Committee is expected to address the issue in the coming weeks.
Next week the Senate Banking Committee begins marking up Dodd's bill.
The bill that has just passed the Senate Banking Committee, sponsored by Paul Sarbanes, the committee's Democratic chairman, would also end self-regulation for accountants.
That law - from the 1930s in the aftermath of the Great Depression - separated commercial and investment banking and was eventually abolished in 1999 under President Bill Clinton.
One seemingly bright spot of financial news Friday morning came as congressional negotiators agreed on a regulatory bill that is meant to overhaul the banking and investment banking sector.
Senate Banking and Insurance Committee Chairman David Thomas introduced a companion bill.
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Late Friday, the Cypriot parliament passed a bill that would allow it to fundamentally restructure its banking sector.
The Financial Services Bill is due before the House of Lords and a banking reform White Paper is due out.
Green came to the legal business after a career in banking, during which he wrote a book on the Sarbanes Oxley bill.
Retail bank branches may be the oldest legacy of all, but they have not been replaced by ATMs, direct deposit, standing orders for bill payment, travelers checks, credit cards, phone banking, Internet banking or mobile banking.
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Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, whose name is on the broader bill, considered an amendment that would scale back the Lincoln proposal but decided instead to push the whole bill to the floor of the Senate for consideration.
The banking analysts on Thursday said once lawmakers realize the unintended consequences of the bill on consumer lending, they will likely introduce all sorts of regulatory relief regulations.
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And Chancellor George Osborne and Treasury Minister Mark Hoban are before the Joint Committee on the Draft Financial Services Bill to discuss how to make us safe from a future banking crisis - that's at 3.45pm.
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