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Serving as the official blog of the Financial Services Forum, BankNotes is where our team analyzes and discusses the latest proposals, ideas, and news surrounding our eight member institutions, the U.S. financial sector, and the economy. Our goal is to provide thoughtful insights on the issues impacting the eight largest and most diversified U.S.-based financial institutions, as we promote policies that support savings and investment, deep and liquid capital markets, a competitive global marketplace, and a sound financial system.

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Federal Reserve Points to Strength and Resiliency of Large Banks

11 May 2020
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Kevin Fromer
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Managing the Largest Liquidity Shock Ever Observed: Large Bank Lending in the Pandemic

22 Jun 2020
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Sean Campbell
•Read Time 3 mins

At a time when banks could have made the easy choice to hold back on lending to preserve bank liquidity, they leaned into the pandemic and made unprecedented amounts of credit and liquidity available.

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What a Difference a Month Makes: Large Banks Hit the Mark in the Paycheck Protection Program

10 Jun 2020
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Grant Bodnar
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Sean Campbell
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Samim Ghamami
•Read Time 5 mins

In this post, we provide updated measures of large bank PPP participation based on data through May 2020.

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Large Bank Liquidity Continues to Strengthen

29 May 2020
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Sean Campbell
•Read Time 2 mins

Over the past year, Forum members have further strengthened their liquidity position, an important sign of their resilience and their ability to support businesses, households and the economy.

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