The accounts are believed to hold as much as $18 billion in undeclared assets that until now were hidden from U.S.taxes.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

Under legislation proposed by Senate Banking Chairman Christopher Dodd, the Fed would be given more power to regulate large financial institutions but would no longer supervise smaller banks, those with assets under 50 billion dollars.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

"Think of it this way: through the new FCL, we are creating contingent liabilities - our insurance policies - and against that, we need contingent assets, and that is what the $500 billion is going to be.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22