Banks in Canada » Story http://www.banks.ca Canadian banking, credit cards, loans, savings, investments and retirement in Canada Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:39:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Why I Left Goldman Sachs: A Wall Street Story http://www.banks.ca/banks/why-i-left-goldman-sachs-a-wall-street-story/ http://www.banks.ca/banks/why-i-left-goldman-sachs-a-wall-street-story/#comments Fri, 21 Jun 2013 04:32:30 +0000 http://www.banks.ca/banks/why-i-left-goldman-sachs-a-wall-street-story/ http://www.banks.ca/banks/why-i-left-goldman-sachs-a-wall-street-story/feed/ 0 Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History http://www.banks.ca/banks/griftopia-a-story-of-bankers-politicians-and-the-most-audacious-power-grab-in-american-history/ http://www.banks.ca/banks/griftopia-a-story-of-bankers-politicians-and-the-most-audacious-power-grab-in-american-history/#comments Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:29:16 +0000 http://www.banks.ca/banks/griftopia-a-story-of-bankers-politicians-and-the-most-audacious-power-grab-in-american-history/ http://www.banks.ca/banks/griftopia-a-story-of-bankers-politicians-and-the-most-audacious-power-grab-in-american-history/feed/ 0 The AIG Story, + Website http://www.banks.ca/insurance/the-aig-story-website/ http://www.banks.ca/insurance/the-aig-story-website/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 16:15:22 +0000 http://www.banks.ca/insurance/the-aig-story-website/ http://www.banks.ca/insurance/the-aig-story-website/feed/ 0 Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the FinancialSystem–and Themselves http://www.banks.ca/banks/too-big-to-fail-the-inside-story-of-how-wall-street-and-washington-fought-to-save-the-financialsystem-and-themselves/ http://www.banks.ca/banks/too-big-to-fail-the-inside-story-of-how-wall-street-and-washington-fought-to-save-the-financialsystem-and-themselves/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 15:04:06 +0000 http://www.banks.ca/banks/too-big-to-fail-the-inside-story-of-how-wall-street-and-washington-fought-to-save-the-financialsystem-and-themselves/ http://www.banks.ca/banks/too-big-to-fail-the-inside-story-of-how-wall-street-and-washington-fought-to-save-the-financialsystem-and-themselves/feed/ 0 The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual-The Biggest Bank Failure in American History http://www.banks.ca/banks/the-lost-bank-the-story-of-washington-mutual-the-biggest-bank-failure-in-american-history/ http://www.banks.ca/banks/the-lost-bank-the-story-of-washington-mutual-the-biggest-bank-failure-in-american-history/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 04:53:20 +0000 http://www.banks.ca/banks/the-lost-bank-the-story-of-washington-mutual-the-biggest-bank-failure-in-american-history/ Kirsten Grind’s The Lost Bank is a magisterial and gripping account of these events, tracing the cultural shifts, the cockamamie financial engineering, and the hubris and avarice that made this incredible story possible. The men and women who become the central players in this tragedy— the regulators and the bankers, the home buyers and the lenders, the number crunchers and the shareholders—are heroes and villains, perpetrators and victims, often switching roles with one another as the drama unfolds.

As a reporter at the time for the Puget Sound Business Journal, Grind covered a story set far from the epicenters of finance and media. It happened largely in places such as the suburban homes of central California and the office buildings of Seattle, but Grind covered the story from the beginning, and the clarity and persistence of her reporting earned her many awards, including being named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Gerald Loeb Award. She takes readers into boardrooms and bedrooms, revealing the power struggles that pitted regulators at the Office of Thrift Supervision and the FDIC against one another and the predatory negotiations of investment bankers and lawyers who enriched themselves during the bank’s rise and then devoured the decimated bank in its final days.

Written as compellingly as the finest fiction, The Lost Bank makes it clear that the collapse of Washington Mutual was not just the largest bank failure in American history. It is a story of talismanic qualities, reflecting the incredible rise and the precipitous collapse of not only an institution but of trust, fortunes, and the marketplaces for risk across the world.]]> http://www.banks.ca/banks/the-lost-bank-the-story-of-washington-mutual-the-biggest-bank-failure-in-american-history/feed/ 0 Who Killed Confederation Life?: The Inside Story http://www.banks.ca/insurance/who-killed-confederation-life-the-inside-story-2/ http://www.banks.ca/insurance/who-killed-confederation-life-the-inside-story-2/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 17:38:34 +0000 http://www.banks.ca/insurance/who-killed-confederation-life-the-inside-story-2/ http://www.banks.ca/insurance/who-killed-confederation-life-the-inside-story-2/feed/ 0 The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank http://www.banks.ca/banks/the-price-of-a-dream-the-story-of-the-grameen-bank/ http://www.banks.ca/banks/the-price-of-a-dream-the-story-of-the-grameen-bank/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 05:32:02 +0000 http://www.banks.ca/banks/the-price-of-a-dream-the-story-of-the-grameen-bank/ http://www.banks.ca/banks/the-price-of-a-dream-the-story-of-the-grameen-bank/feed/ 0 Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk http://www.banks.ca/insurance/against-the-gods-the-remarkable-story-of-risk/ http://www.banks.ca/insurance/against-the-gods-the-remarkable-story-of-risk/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 14:46:17 +0000 http://www.banks.ca/insurance/against-the-gods-the-remarkable-story-of-risk/ http://www.banks.ca/insurance/against-the-gods-the-remarkable-story-of-risk/feed/ 0 Who Killed Confederation Life?: The Inside Story http://www.banks.ca/insurance/who-killed-confederation-life-the-inside-story/ http://www.banks.ca/insurance/who-killed-confederation-life-the-inside-story/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 00:46:46 +0000 http://www.banks.ca/insurance/who-killed-confederation-life-the-inside-story/ http://www.banks.ca/insurance/who-killed-confederation-life-the-inside-story/feed/ 0 Fool’s Gold: The Inside Story of J.P. Morgan and How Wall St. Greed Corrupted Its Bold Dream and Created a Financial Catastrophe http://www.banks.ca/investment/fools-gold-the-inside-story-of-j-p-morgan-and-how-wall-st-greed-corrupted-its-bold-dream-and-created-a-financial-catastrophe/ http://www.banks.ca/investment/fools-gold-the-inside-story-of-j-p-morgan-and-how-wall-st-greed-corrupted-its-bold-dream-and-created-a-financial-catastrophe/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:51:09 +0000 http://www.banks.ca/investment/fools-gold-the-inside-story-of-j-p-morgan-and-how-wall-st-greed-corrupted-its-bold-dream-and-created-a-financial-catastrophe/ http://www.banks.ca/investment/fools-gold-the-inside-story-of-j-p-morgan-and-how-wall-st-greed-corrupted-its-bold-dream-and-created-a-financial-catastrophe/feed/ 0