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  • 2 weeks ago | brookings.edu | Colby Smith |Sheila Bair |Michael Hsu

    How banks are supervised has been an intense debate for decades. Too often this conversation has focused on legislative and regulatory rules, ignoring the discretionary application of these rules that comprise bank supervision. In their new book, “Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America,” professors Peter Conti-Brown and Sean Vanatta uncover how the American system of bank oversight works and how it came to be.

  • 1 month ago | barrons.com | Sheila Bair

    About the author: Sheila Bair is former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and founding chair of the CFA Institute Systemic Risk Council. Financial regulation can be like a game of Whac-A-Mole. Regulators smack down risk in one area of the financial system only to see it pop up somewhere else. This was true in the wake of the 2008-09 financial crisis.

  • 1 month ago | ft.com | Sheila Bair

    The writer is the former chair of the FDIC and author of ‘Money Tales’, financial education books for children US Treasury Secretary...

  • 1 month ago | cnbc.com | Sheila Bair

    Misinformation and lack of trust in traditional institutions runs rampant in our society. The regulated financial sector is no different, particularly among young people. Roughly 38% of Gen Zers get financial information from YouTube, and 33% from TikTok, according to a recent Schwab survey.

  • Feb 3, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Sheila Bair

    Sheila Bair, a senior adviser to the Center for Financial Stability, is a former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury for financial institutions. "Give them an inch and they'll take a mile" is an old saying that critics of our tax system often apply to federal subsidies. In the case of credit unions, they have a point.

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Sheila Bair @SheilaBair2013
26 May 25

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Sheila Bair
Sheila Bair @SheilaBair2013
21 May 25

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Sheila Bair
Sheila Bair @SheilaBair2013
12 May 25

Really enjoyed this conversation with Senator Bill Bradley on his American Voices podcast. We talked about my early career as a civil rights attorney, how I segued to a career in financial services, and how I now try to promote financial equal opportunity by writing books for