Basel Committee issues guidelines for identifying and dealing with weak banks
Asset quality at the banks is expected to decline amid economic weakness and high household debt levels
Partnership provides for mutual exchange of research and information on financial services and regulation
Results will be disclosed to the public for the first time
Banks are increasingly looking at retail deposit funding to fund lending growth
Banks around the globe seek to meet capital requirements
The stigma of criminal charges may be diminished
General obligation U.S. state and municipal bonds may quality as high-quality liquid assets
Although the six banks that must pay significant fines have the money, they will face a difficult time ahead due to their guilty pleas and probations
Changes to legislation expected to reduce the likelihood of taxpayer bailouts