Bank Bailout Boomerang

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Bank Bailout Boomerang

By Credit Federal | Published 03/11/2009

Banks Want to Return TARP Money:

Bailed out banks are now wanting to return funds from the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program). Recently three banks (IberiaBank Corp., TCF Financial and Signature Bank) have declared they will be paying back the government. Dozens of institutions that were approved for government aid have decided to turn down the money.

These institutions want to pay back TARP because of the cost to keep government capital on their books and issues about making new loans. Some banks indicate that the stimulus package, which included a measure aimed at pulling in bonuses for executives at banks that got TARP funds, would harm their firms.

Bankers seem to be troubled by the inconsistency in the government's rescue efforts. Others worry regulators or lawmakers may change the terms of the government's capital purchase program in the future. Banks that received TARP funds worry that they could be pushed to provide certain types of loans or meet a loan quota since the public complains banks are not lending. There is a concern that rules could change and TARP has been described as a program geared towards buying troubled assets from lenders.

Government officials moved to inject capital directly into banks to help the financial system and prevent banks from tightening credit. One point is that the government would maintain its stake in an institution until 2012. A company could swap it out with private capital which requires a bank to go out and raise an equivalent amount of new equity capital to replace the government's stake and they must secure regulatory approval. However, Congress recently struck down those requirements in a stimulus package which allowed banks to pay back TARP funds with just a minimum of 30 days notice to the government.

With banks wanting to return taxpayers funds, there is a question of how soon regulators will sign off on repayments and how soon the Treasury can let go of its holdings in banks. Another unanswered question what the Treasury will do with the refunded money since almost $200 billion was given to banks

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Bank Bailout Boomerang - by <a href=http://creditfederal.com>CreditFederal.com</a> <div style="text-align: left; font-family: Verdana;">Banks Want to Return TARP Money: Bailed out banks are now wanting to return funds from the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program). Recently three banks (IberiaBank Corp., TCF Financial and Signature Bank) have declared they will be paying back the government. Dozens of institutions that were approved for government aid have decided to turn down the money. These institutions want to pay back TARP because of the cost to keep government capital on their books and issues about making new loans. Some banks indicate that the stimulus package, which included a measure aimed at pulling in bonuses for executives at banks that got TARP funds, would harm their firms. Bankers seem to be troubled by the inconsistency in the government's rescue efforts. Others worry regulators or lawmakers may change the terms of the government's capital purchase program in the future. Banks that received TARP funds worry that they could be pushed to provide certain types of loans or meet a loan quota since the public complains banks are not lending. There is a concern that rules could change and TARP has been described as a program geared towards buying troubled assets from lenders. Government officials moved to inject capital directly into banks to help the financial system and prevent banks from tightening credit. One point is that the government would maintain its stake in an institution until 2012. A company could swap it out with private capital which requires a bank to go out and raise an equivalent amount of new equity capital to replace the government's stake and they must secure regulatory approval. However, Congress recently struck down those requirements in a stimulus package which allowed banks to pay back TARP funds with just a minimum of 30 days notice to the government. With banks wanting to return taxpayers funds, there is a question of how soon regulators will sign off on repayments and how soon the Treasury can let go of its holdings in banks. Another unanswered question what the Treasury will do with the refunded money since almost $200 billion was given to banks </div> This article provided courtesy of <a href=http://creditfederal.com target=_new>www.CreditFederal.com</a>, a personal credit resource of good or bad credit credit cards and loans.

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