The argument against regulating banks is that the regulations would violate the proper functioning of the free market economy.

Community development bank are regulated banks that provide financial services and credit to underserved markets or populations.

Officials of the agency, which regulates national banks, said today that the guidelines would be issued within 10 days.

Another potentially significant change would be to remove from China's central bank the responsibility of regulating state-owned banks.

By 1995, half the nation's deposits were in these lightly regulated private banks.

He knew full well, they told reporters, that in Britain the Government does not have the power to regulate banks.

Hell this might be our chance to finally regulate banks.

To be sure, members of Congress have not renounced all interest in regulating banks.

They would do better to rethink why they regulate banks at all.

One option is to regulate big banks more strictly so that they are less likely to need another bailout.