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The mixing of banking and commerce: a conference summary
Acquisitions of industrial loan corporations by commercial firms have renewed the debate over the separation between banking and commerce in the U.S. On May 16?18, 2007, policymakers and academics weighed in on this debate during the Chicago Fed?s 43rd annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, titled The Mixing of Banking and Commerce.
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Keeping Banking Competitive: Evaluating Proposed Bank Mergers and Acquisitions
All bank mergers and acquisitions (M&A) require the approval of regulators. This article describes the methods used by the Federal Reserve to evaluate whether a bank merger or acquisition is acceptable under federal antitrust laws and its Board of Governors? bank competition policy.