Smoke and Mirrors. FDIC Scheme–Smoke and Mirrors. FDIC Scheme–a Key Driver of the Failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank Were Their Over Reliance on Uninsured Deposits
BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Today, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee will call federal banking regulators before it to testify at a hearing at 10 a.m. The underlying theme will be why these regulators were caught napping when the…
Professors Point to JPMorgan Chase as Poster Boy of a Financial System Dependent on Corruption to Sustain Itself
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: The full day conference sponsored by nonprofit watchdog Better Markets last Wednesday was a unique opportunity to gain brilliant insights from academic experts who have battled on the frontlines of the most unprecedented and ongoing…
Jamie Dimon to Testify at Senate Banking Hearing; Don’t Expect His Bank’s Financing of Sex Trafficking or 5 Felony Counts to Come Up
BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Jamie Dimon Being Sworn In at House Financial Services Committee Hearing, May 27, 2021 Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., the CEOs of the eight mega banks on Wall Street will take their seats at a…
The Number of IPO Listings Has Plunged in the U.S. While Some Investors Are Nursing Losses of 70 to 95 Percent
BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Through last Friday, there have been 148 IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) in the U.S. this year, the lowest number in the past six years. But what is more striking about the U.S. IPO market…
After Two Years, There’s Still No Law Enforcement Report on Former Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan’s Trading Like a Hedge Fund Kingpin
BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: October 31, 2023 ~ Robert Kaplan, Former President of the Dallas Fed To understand how truly bizarre and alarming the trading scandal case involving former Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan is, some important background is…
JPMorgan Chase Paid $1.085 Billion in Legal Expenses in Last Six Months; It’s Still Battling Hundreds of Charges and Legal Proceedings on Three Continents–Con Job Chase
BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: At some point, federal regulators, the Senate Banking Committee and the criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice are going to reach the same conclusion that Wall Street On Parade reached quite some…
Bank of America’s Unrealized Losses on HTM Debt Securities Total $106 Billion; 34 Percent of All Such Unrealized Losses Reported by 4,645 Banks
BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: September 26, 2023 ~ According to Bank of America’s federal regulatory filing known as the Call Report, for the quarter ending June 30, 2023, it had $105.79 billion in unrealized losses on its held-to-maturity…
Google Is Every Bit as Evil as the German Companies That Helped the Nazis
BanksterCrime: Along with Microsoft, Amazon, and many other IT companies, Google also works as a government contractor. Technology now rules the nation, not the government. Every system required for basic survival is computerized and depends on the technology sector to…
Last Year 12,000 Lobbyists Were Whispering in the Ear of Congress with a Bankroll of $4.1 Billion; Five Senators Are Demanding Transparency
BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Yesterday, five U.S. Senators who are members of the Senate Banking Committee issued a letter to Gary Gensler, the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), demanding that he issue a rule that…
Bank Regulator Who Approved the Riskiest U.S. Bank Getting Bigger in May, Wants to Do a Survey on Why Trust in U.S. Banks Is Tanking
BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Tomorrow, the Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing to question federal banking regulators on what they are doing to restore public trust and financial stability to the U.S. banking system after the second,…