Treasury Secretary Geithner Expects More TARP Repayments Coming

Treasury Secretary Geithner Expects More TARP Repayments Coming

As far as the federal government is concerned, propping up the country's big banks deemed "too big to fail" during the height of the financial crisis was a step in the right direction, one that has averted a more severe economic disaster

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As Economy Turns Corner, Banks of America Pays Back TARP

As Economy Turns Corner, Banks of America Pays Back TARP

Now that the economy appears to be on a slow path to recovery, some of the larger national banks have started to release themselves from the grasp of the federal government by repaying bailout loans given them last year.

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Fall Out between the Government and the Nation’s Biggest Banks

Fall Out between the Government and the Nation’s Biggest Banks

The nation’s biggest banking institutions might have been rescued by the turmoil of their own making, but they aren’t thanking the government for it. While Tim Geithner and Hank Paulson, who at the time were New York Federal Reserve president and Treasury secretary respectively, were trying to iron out the details of the $700 billion rescue plan, CEOs of the banking companies were kept in the dark about their plans.

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Government To Impose Pay Caps For Bank Execs

Passed bank stress tests? Check. Raised enough additional capital? Check. Paid back TARP bailout money? Check. Surely, this bank can now pay out more in salary to its top executives, right? Not quite.

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