Regulators didn't have to shutter Signature Bank, says Dodd-Frank Act coauthor Barney Frank, who helped oversee the lender: 'We could've continued'
and that customers' concerns over Signature's crypto exposure spiked after SVB's collapse.
"We have a solid loan book, we're the biggest lender in New York City under the low-income housing tax credit," he told Bloomberg."I think the bank could've been a going concern." Later in 2018, President Donald Trump and Congress pared back some of those measures for regional banks, withFrank, for his part said he stands by the original regulation he co-authored.
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