The Latest: Ex-Goldman CEO seems happy to not be at hearing
The Latest on the appearance of U.S. bank CEOs before Congress (all times local):
10:55 a.m.
One former top bank executive seems pretty happy he doesn't need to appear in front of Congress anymore.
"Boy, I really miss my old job!!!," wrote Lloyd Blankfein, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, who retired last year. He tweeted out a photo of seven bank executives being sworn in before a House finance committee Wednesday.
Another executive who isn't in attendance at the hearing is Tim Sloan, who abruptly resigned from Wells Fargo last week, just days after a separate appearance before Congress.
The CEOs of JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and five other banks are appearing before the House Financial Services Committee for a hearing on the stability of the banking system 10 years after the financial crisis, although questions have covered a variety of topics, including CEO compensation and overdraft fees.
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10:25 a.m.
Wednesday's House hearing on banks was nominally about determining how much safer the financial system is, but few finance committee members are raising the subject.
The only representative to ask about systemic risk so far in Wednesday's hearing was Patrick McHenry, the panel's top Republican, who asked all seven big bank CEOs if there's any worries about a financial crisis happening if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal.
Democrats have been asking about non-banking system topics such as concerns on over-the-top executive compensation in the banking industry, and gun regulations. Meanwhile Republicans like Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, threw softer questions to the executives, asking about how many jobs the industry now creates.
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9:45 a.m.
The early, dominant theme from the CEOs of the nation's biggest banks at Wednesday's Congressional hearing is simple: We're grateful, and we are safer now.
All seven heads of the banks have spoken about how they have raised capital, are more diverse, and are more resilient than they were 10 years ago before the financial crisis.
"Since the crisis, (Citigroup) has become a smaller, safer, stronger and far less complex company," said Michael Corbat, CEO of Citigroup, which required significant financial assistance to avoid collapse.
"There is no doubt that the strength, stability and resiliency of the financial system has been fundamentally improved over the course of the last ten years," said Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan. "Post-crisis reforms have made banks much safer and sounder in three important areas: capital, liquidity and resolution and recovery."
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9:30 a.m.
Seven CEOs of the largest banks in the U.S. are appearing in front of Congress Wednesday, the largest gathering of heads of the banking industry in Washington since the financial crisis.
Based on prepared testimony, the chief executives of JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, along with the CEOs of five other banks, will tell the House Financial Services Committee they've taken steps to improve the stability of their institutions in the 10 years since the financial crisis.
For example, Michael Corbat of Citigroup says that the New York-based bank is now a safer and less complex institution than it was back in 2008.
Committee members are likely to ask the CEOs about recent efforts to pare back some of the financial rules that were put in place following the crisis.