U.S. Inflicts Stricter Rules on Larger Banks

Because finance is underregulated?

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are among eight U.S. banks facing a new round of domestic rules on capital and debt that would be even stricter than global standards approved today.

Regulators will push banks to maintain a leverage ratio of capital to assets that exceeds the 3 percent minimum set by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo said today, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said a proposal may be published next week. Another measure "in the next few months" would compel banks to hold a set amount of equity and long-term debt to help regulators dismantle failing lenders, Tarullo said.