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Pat Ryan: “If you are a bank and you want to operate like some nonbank entity, like a hedge fund, then don't be a bank.”

On the recordApril 27, 2017
If you are a bank and you want to operate like some nonbank entity, like a hedge fund, then don't be a bank.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Ryan's statement warns against banks taking excessive risks.

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