BanksterCrime: A Former Exec at Citibank Raises Alarm Bells in Federal Court Over Failed Risk Controls Inside the Bank By Pam Martens and Russ Martens, Jane Fraser, Citigroup CEO Kathleen Martin, a former Managing Director at Citigroup’s federally-insured bank, Citibank…

BanksterCrime: By Nikhilesh De The U.S. House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to preventthe Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency. The CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, introduced by Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), seeks to block…

The Fed Tallies Up a Big Threat to Financial Stability in the U.S.: “Runnables” at $21.3 Trillion BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens, Federal Reserve Building in Washington, D.C. Last Friday, the Federal Reserve released its semi-annual Financial Stability Report. In the…

3/7/24: Wall Street Mega Banks Have Created a Circular Firing Squad with Credit Derivatives and Capital Relief Trades – with the Fed’s Blessing

By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: On June 11, 2015, the Office of Financial Research (OFR) released a sobering report on how banks were reducing their requirements to hold adequate capital against potential losses by engaging in non-transparent “capital relief trades” with…

3/1/24: The Fed Pretends to Send a Warning to Wall Street’s Mega Banks on Derivatives and Counterparty Risk

BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: On Tuesday, the Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve, Michael Barr, delivered a speech at a risk management conference in Manhattan. Barr’s objective was to convince conference attendees that the Fed has its…

2/7/24, SRH: Reporters Who Ask Tough Questions at Fed Press Conferences Often Disappear. Don’t Mess With the Feds or You’ll Vanish!

BY SRH: He Federal Reserve Recently Disclosed Its Preliminary Income and Expenses for 2023, Revealing an Unprecedented $114.3 Billion in Operational Losses. The Federal Reserve is a privately held corporation. Congress shall have the authority to mint money and set…

1/30/24: The Fed Has a Dirty Little Secret: It’s Been Allowing the Wall Street Mega Banks to Calculate their Own Capital Requirements

By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Michael Barr, Vice Chair for Supervision, Federal Reserve  On July 27 of last year, the Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Michael Barr, made the following statement as part of the…

Deep Dive into the Dark Side of Banking and Its Handmaiden, Central Banks, Its All Build On Thin Air

By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: January 9, 2024 ~ Last September, speaking at a conference sponsored by the nonprofit watchdog, Better Markets, to examine if “too big to fail” banks had materially changed in the fifteen years since the 2008 financial…