To enable large U.S. banks to support their clients better, the Volcker rule should be clarified.
Without giving specific names, most of the significant American banks, the larger banks, are bankrupt, totally bankrupt.
I'm really concerned that too-big-to-fail has become too-big-for-trial.
If the large banks can do this without breaking the rules, then the rules should be revamped.
We started CapitalSource because large banks were ignoring small to mid-sized businesses, and we saw a big business opportunity as a result.
I think Dodd-Frank has contributed to a concentration of banking assets in the hands of a small number of banks.
I think that if you're going after large banks and large financial companies to try to make sure people are being treated fairly, you're going to make some enemies, and you're going to make people uncomfortable.
Among the largest banks, the capital ratios remain good and I don’t expect any serious problems . . . . among the large, internationally active banks that make up a very substantial part of our banking system.
Banks too big to fail are too big to be regulated or controlled by the Federal Government.
