Tuesday, June 09, 2009

10 Banks Get to Pay Back the TARP

All told $68 billion is going back into the Treasury.

All eight banks that took TARP money and last month passed government "stress tests" confirmed they received permission to repay the bailout funds. They are: JPMorgan Chase & Co., American Express Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., U.S. Bancorp, Capital One Financial Corp., Bank of New York Mellon Corp., State Street Corp. and BB&T Corp.

Morgan Stanley did not pass the government test, but on Tuesday said it had raised enough capital quickly and was approved to repay its TARP money.

Northern Trust Corp. was not among the 19 banks subjected to stress tests, but the company said it also had received permission to repay the bailout funds.

Now they won't have the US Government dictating terms or telling them how much they can pay their employees. Now the regulation fight begins so that these "good banks" get punished yet again for the crimes of the dead banks.

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