Thomas Hoenig
Thomas Hoenig is the vice-chairman of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He is a former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and former member of the Federal Open Market Committee.
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FDIC’s Hoenig on restoring the structural integrity of banks
Commercial banks and payment operations should be ring-fenced within bank holding companies as insured entities with 10% equity. Then, market forces – rather than burdensome regulation – could determine capital for other activities