OCC Vet Julie Williams Talks Basel, Bank Mergers and Translating Regulator Speak

Also, professors argue SEC climate rule is undermined by asset manager defections from environmental groups

Friday Q and A: Between responding to last spring’s banking panic, trying to finalize the Basel capital rules and now weighing the blockbuster Capital One-Discover deal, it’s been a jam-packed year for the banking regulators. And those are just the highest profile issues they are grappling with. 

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