Binyamin Appelbaum

Articles by Binyamin Appelbaum

Hard times in Charlotte, a city dependent on the banking industry (October 21, 2009)

Big financial firms losing power on Capitol Hill (October 19, 2009)

Bailed-Out Banks Raking In Big Profits (October 16, 2009)

Citigroup Earns $101M After Dip in Losses on Toxic Loans (October 15, 2009)

Goldman Sachs Quarterly Profit Tops $3B (October 15, 2009)

As Earnings Portray a Thriving J.P. Morgan, Small Banks Still Struggling (October 15, 2009)

Obama Takes Bully Pulpit to Push Agency For Consumers (October 10, 2009)

Bank of America at a Crossroads (October 3, 2009)

For Bank of America's Dealmaker, One Deal Too Many? (October 1, 2009)

Fed Held Back as Evidence Mounted on Subprime Loan Abuses (September 27, 2009)

Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase to Further Limit Overdraft Fees (September 23, 2009)

Obama Administration Pushing for Regulatory Reform on Many Fronts (September 23, 2009)

Banks' Overdraft Fees Under Fire in Congress (September 21, 2009)

Dodd to Propose Bill Curbing Overdraft Fees (September 18, 2009)

FDIC Sells Off Loans From Failed Banks (September 17, 2009)

Fed Broadens Its Oversight To Include Subprime Lenders (September 16, 2009)

Review of Crofton Bank Failure Cites Risk (September 12, 2009)

New Banking Rules Emphasize Stability (September 5, 2009)

FDIC List of Problem Banks Jumps 36 Percent, to 416 Institutions (August 28, 2009)

Judge Rules Fed Must Disclose Firms That Accept Aid (August 26, 2009)

Seized Texas Bank Sold to Spanish Firm (August 22, 2009)

Bank Regulators Resist Reform (August 5, 2009)

Bank Balances Shift With Rule Changes (August 5, 2009)

Regulator Accidentally Names Imperiled Bank (August 1, 2009)

Small-Business Lender CIT Strikes Deal With Creditors to Avoid Bankruptcy (July 21, 2009)

Sen. Dodd Looks to Distance Himself From Financial Firms (July 21, 2009)

Financial Rescue I.G. Says Banks Funneled TARP Aid to Various Expenses (July 20, 2009)

Rescued Banks Post Multibillion-Dollar Profits (July 18, 2009)

Lawmakers Blast Paulson for His Moves Amid Financial Crisis (July 17, 2009)

J.P. Morgan Profit Climbs 36 Percent on Strength of Investment Banking (July 17, 2009)

J.P. Morgan Chase Reports 36 Percent Jump in Second-Quarter Profit (July 16, 2009)

Paulson Defends Role in Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Sale (July 16, 2009)

CIT Group Closer to Bankruptcy as U.S. Denies Aid (July 16, 2009)

Goldman Sachs Earnings Easily Surpass Expectations (July 15, 2009)

U.S. Considers Rescue of Major Small-Business Lender (July 14, 2009)

Treasury Dials Back Plan to Aid Banks (July 9, 2009)

Treasury Works on 'Plan C' To Fend Off Lingering Threats (July 8, 2009)

After Call From Senator Inouye's Office, Small Hawaii Bank Got U.S. Aid (July 1, 2009)

Bernanke Holds Firm in Hot Seat (June 26, 2009)

Lawmakers Balk As Administration Tries to Redefine Central Bank's Role (June 19, 2009)

Obama Defends Financial Overhaul (June 18, 2009)

Obama Blueprint Deepens Federal Role in Markets (June 17, 2009)

Regulatory Revamp Targets Securities at Heart of Crisis (June 16, 2009)

Smoke Clears on Shotgun Merger (June 12, 2009)

Dodd Endorses Creation of Consumer Financial Products Agency (June 12, 2009)

Ailing Banks Caught Between Regulators' Competing Visions (June 11, 2009)

Goals Shift For Reform Of Financial Regulation (June 10, 2009)

10 Banks Allowed to Repay $68B in Bailout Money (June 10, 2009)

U.S. Will Let Some Banks Repay Aid (June 8, 2009)

Banks That Passed Stress Test to Be Cleared to Return Government Aid (June 6, 2009)

Banks Put Off Plans To Sell Toxic Assets (June 5, 2009)

Big Banks Eagerly Await U.S. Approval to Repay Aid (June 3, 2009)

Congress's Afterthought, Wall Street's Trillion Dollars (May 30, 2009)

As Overseer And Owner, U.S. Aims For Balance (May 29, 2009)

U.S. Weighs Single Agency to Regulate Banking Industry (May 28, 2009)

Big Banks to Pay Larger Share of FDIC Levy (May 23, 2009)

As U.S. Weighs New Consumer Agency, SEC Stakes Out Regulatory Turf (May 21, 2009)

U.S. May Add New Financial Watchdog (May 20, 2009)

Board to Ban Accounting Practice That Helped Lending Proliferate (May 18, 2009)

Obit: L. William Seidman: FDIC Chief, Head of S& L Cleanup of 1980s (May 14, 2009)

Bank Stock Sales Add Billions in New Capital (May 12, 2009)

Recovery Still Depends On Bold Actions, Officials Say (May 9, 2009)

U.S. to Wind Down Help for Some Banks (May 8, 2009)

Stress Test Finds Strength in Banks (May 7, 2009)

Bank Tests Yield Early Progress (May 6, 2009)

Major Banks Get Stress Test Results Today (May 5, 2009)

Lewis Loses Chairman Role at Bank of America (April 30, 2009)

U.S. Tries to Broker Sale Of Chrysler's Loan Arm (April 28, 2009)

Fed Tells Big Banks Results of Stress Tests but Reveals Little to the Public (April 25, 2009)

19 Major Banks Face Tougher Capital Rule (April 24, 2009)

Accounting Change Helps Boost Wells Fargo's First-Quarter Results (April 23, 2009)

Capital One Lost $112 Million in First Quarter (April 22, 2009)

Bank of America's Profit Mainly Due to Recent Deals (April 21, 2009)

More Rescued Banks Might Suspend Interest Payments (April 21, 2009)

Bank Profits Mask Peril Still Lurking (April 18, 2009)

Banks Rush to Repay U.S. Funds, but Cling To Other Lifelines (April 17, 2009)

Credit Card Issuers Face New Scrutiny; White House Meeting on Agenda (April 17, 2009)

Lending By Bailout Recipients Falls Again (April 16, 2009)

Ahead of Stress Test Results, Banks Balk at More Federal Aid (April 15, 2009)

Stocks Stall As Banking Concerns Are Stoked (April 7, 2009)

Under New Accounting Rule, Toxic Assets May Be Revalued (April 3, 2009)

'Chronic Disorganization' Cited in Efforts to Fix Crisis (April 3, 2009)

Four Regional Banks Are First to Repay U.S. Aid (April 1, 2009)

Obama, Bankers Sit Face to Face (March 28, 2009)

As Oversight Plan Is Unveiled, Turf Battle Begins to Unfold (March 27, 2009)

Bank Regulator on Leave Pending Inquiry (March 27, 2009)

Geithner to Propose Vast Expansion Of U.S. Oversight of Financial System (March 26, 2009)

Some Experts Say Rescue Program Might Not Work (March 24, 2009)

U.S. Seeks Expanded Power to Seize Firms (March 24, 2009)

Bankers Press Case Against Punitive Tax (March 21, 2009)

Two Major Credit Unions Seized (March 21, 2009)

In New Dilemma, Banks Cite Two Paths to Disaster (March 20, 2009)

Key Argument for Incentives Questioned (March 19, 2009)

AIG Firestorm Raises Alarm For Other Firms (March 18, 2009)

Small-Business Lending Gets a Boost (March 17, 2009)

Betting on Bad News (March 17, 2009)

Lawmaker Tried to Aid Bank Partly Owned by Husband (March 14, 2009)

Berkshire, GE Lose Top Credit Ratings (March 13, 2009)

Citi's Long History of Overreach, Then Rescue (March 11, 2009)

Detox for Troubled Assets (March 10, 2009)

Every Bank Failure Is Also a Beginning (March 7, 2009)

Mortgage Bill Language Undermines Protections, Critics Say (March 4, 2009)

Banks Asked to Pay More to Boost Fund (February 28, 2009)

Private Investment Required In U.S. Deal With Citigroup (February 28, 2009)

Bank Failures Take Toll on Insurance Fund (February 27, 2009)

In Stock Deal, U.S. Plans to Enlarge Stake in Citigroup (February 27, 2009)

OTS Ignored Warnings on IndyMac, Report Finds (February 27, 2009)

Expanded Rescue Of Banks Outlined (February 26, 2009)

What Is 'Nationalization'? Depends Who You Ask. (February 25, 2009)

A Second Try at Calming Bank Investors (February 25, 2009)

U.S. Clears Path to Bank Takeovers (February 24, 2009)

Citi Seeking More Federal Aid (February 23, 2009)

Bank Shares Topple on Talk Of Possible U.S. Takeover (February 21, 2009)

U.S. Doubles Fannie, Freddie Backing to $400 Billion (February 19, 2009)

Lending By Bailout Recipients Is Down (February 18, 2009)

Late Change in Course Hobbled Rollout of Geithner's Bank Plan (February 17, 2009)

Limiting Banker Bonuses Could Backfire (February 15, 2009)

Prospective Buyers of Toxic Assets Wary of Plan (February 11, 2009)

A Tricky Third Way: Saving Banks Without Nationalization (February 8, 2009)

Obama Outlines Limits on Executive Pay (February 5, 2009)

Bank Rescue Would Entail Triage for Troubled Assets (February 4, 2009)

Despite Federal Aid, Many Banks Fail to Revive Lending (February 3, 2009)

Federal Regulators Seize, Sell Md. Bank (January 31, 2009)

U.S. Aid Goes to Credit Unions (January 29, 2009)

Wells Fargo Quarterly Loss: $2.55 Billion (January 29, 2009)

Fed May Gain More Financial Oversight (January 26, 2009)

Capital One in The Red for '08 (January 23, 2009)

By Switching Their Charters, Banks Skirt Supervision (January 22, 2009)

Sell-Off Is Sobering Welcome From Wall Street (January 21, 2009)

One Idea for Bank Crisis: Quarantine the Bad Assets (January 18, 2009)

Bank of America, Citigroup Losses Reflect the Economy (January 17, 2009)

Federal Mortgage Banks Show Stress (January 17, 2009)

Bank of America Gets New Round of U.S. Aid (January 16, 2009)

Bank Losses Complicate U.S. Rescue (January 15, 2009)

Pressured Citigroup Spins Off Brokerage (January 14, 2009)

Industry Recoils at Citi's Mortgage Deal (January 10, 2009)

Rubin Ends Tenure at Citigroup (January 10, 2009)

Treasury Must Divulge Details on Bailout, Panel Says (January 9, 2009)

FDIC Agrees to Sell IndyMac to Investor Group (January 3, 2009)

Treasury Reviewing Its Award of Rescue Funds to City National (January 3, 2009)

Adams National Will Merge With W.Va. Bank (January 1, 2009)

GM Aims To Drive Sales With Incentives (December 31, 2008)

Treasury's Bailout Commitments Exceed $350 Billion Congress Has Allocated So Far (December 31, 2008)

GMAC To Get $6 Billion Lifeline (December 30, 2008)

GMAC Gets Fed Approval to Become Bank Holding Company (December 25, 2008)

Regulator Let IndyMac Bank Falsify Report (December 23, 2008)

M&T Agrees to Buy Provident Bank (December 20, 2008)

Madoff Case 'Failures' Put SEC in Spotlight (December 19, 2008)

New Limits Imposed on Credit Card Companies (December 18, 2008)

SEC Ignored Credible Tips About Madoff, Chief Says (December 17, 2008)

SEC Didn't Act on Madoff Tips (December 16, 2008)

'All Just One Big Lie' (December 13, 2008)

Treasury To Invest In Ailing Bank (December 12, 2008)

GMAC Investors Balk at Plan to Transform into Bank Holding Company (December 11, 2008)

Credit Unions to Get Federal Assistance (December 10, 2008)

Foreclosure Reduction Effort Yielding Mixed Results, Report Says (December 9, 2008)

Capital One to Buy Chevy Chase (December 4, 2008)

Banking Regulator Played Advocate Over Enforcer (November 23, 2008)

Battered Citigroup Strives To Strengthen Confidence (November 22, 2008)

FDIC Seizes Three Banks, Expanding Its Mortgage Modification Program (November 22, 2008)

Citigroup to Eliminate 50,000 Jobs After Posting Steep Mortgage Losses (November 18, 2008)

Chevy Chase Bank Attracts Suitors (November 14, 2008)

FDIC Details Plan To Alter Mortgages (November 14, 2008)

Treasury Redefines Its Rescue Program (November 13, 2008)

U.S. to Push Banks to Step Up Lending (November 11, 2008)

Regulators Seize Bank Founded by Mortgage-Backed Securities Pioneer (November 8, 2008)

Banks to Continue Paying Dividends (October 30, 2008)

Waxman Seeks Bank Data On Use of Bailout Funds (October 29, 2008)

Bailout Expands to Insurers (October 25, 2008)

Credit Crisis May Force Metro to Pay Millions (October 24, 2008)

Treasury To Invest In More Banks (October 24, 2008)

U.S. Bank Plan Hits Snag in Rules (October 18, 2008)

Capital One Turns a Profit While Major Banks Rack Up Losses (October 17, 2008)

Smaller Banks Resist Federal Cash Infusions (October 15, 2008)

Treasury Invokes Patriotism In Pitch to Bank Executives (October 14, 2008)

Citigroup Ends Bid To Buy Wachovia (October 10, 2008)

Treasury Weighs Investing In Banks (October 10, 2008)

Tax Change for Banks Challenged (October 10, 2008)

No Plans to Coordinate Rescue Moves at G-7, U.S. Says (October 9, 2008)

FDIC Plan Would Shore Up Fund (October 8, 2008)

Wachovia, Suitors Agree to Truce (October 7, 2008)

Unfolding Worldwide Turmoil Could Reverse Years of Prosperity (October 7, 2008)

As Suitors Fight Over Wachovia, Fed Tries for Deal (October 6, 2008)

After Change In Tax Law, Wells Fargo Swoops In (October 4, 2008)

In Light of Crisis, Common Trading Practice Looks Risky (October 3, 2008)

FDIC Conductor Wields a Steady Hand (October 2, 2008)

A Two-Pronged Push To Aid Ailing Banks (October 1, 2008)

Wachovia Is Sold As Depositors Flee (September 30, 2008)

Broad Authority, Lots of Money And Uncertainty (September 29, 2008)

Wachovia in Talks On Its Possible Sale (September 29, 2008)

Investors Flee From Banking Stocks (September 27, 2008)

U.S. Forces WaMu Sale As Bank Founders (September 26, 2008)

Smaller Banks Thrive Out of the Fray of Crisis (September 26, 2008)

Rescue's Rush Puts Lobbyists In a Crunch (September 25, 2008)

Bailout's Tricky Balancing Act: How Much Is Too Much? (September 23, 2008)

Asian Banks Invest in Morgan Stanley, Lehman (September 23, 2008)

Giant Investment Banks Grasp for Government Safety Net (September 22, 2008)

Historic Market Bailout Set in Motion (September 20, 2008)

Citing Grave Financial Threats, Officials Ready Massive Rescue (September 19, 2008)

Beyond Wall St., Losses Spill Over (September 18, 2008)

On the Line for Others' Losses (September 17, 2008)

A Play for Wall Street (September 16, 2008)

Washington Mutual's Rating Cut to Junk (September 16, 2008)

Weekend Merger Struck With Bank of America (September 15, 2008)

How Washington Failed to Rein In Fannie, Freddie (September 14, 2008)

Homeownership Mission Vulnerable After Rescue (September 10, 2008)

Mortgage Giants' Rescue Imperils Some Banks (September 9, 2008)

Radical Options In Play for New Structure of Firms (September 8, 2008)

Treasury to Rescue Fannie and Freddie (September 7, 2008)

Chief of Adams National Resigns (September 4, 2008)

Small Banks, Tight Credit (August 27, 2008)

Bank Failures Rise but Critics Say Not Fast Enough (August 13, 2008)