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Banks that received bailout money had compensated their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in 2007, including salaries, cash bonuses, stock options, and benefits including personal use of company jets and chauffeurs, home security, country club memberships, and professional money management. [83]
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, also known as the "bank bailout of 2008" or the "Wall Street bailout", was a United States federal law enacted during the Great Recession, which created federal programs to "bail out" failing financial institutions and banks.
On February 4, 2009, it was reported that during 2008, the companies that received bailout money had spent $114 million on lobbying and campaign contributions. These companies received $295 billion in bailout money.
Almost daily, I receive at least one pre-approved credit card offer from a big national bank that received bailout money from U.S. taxpayers. I hate big banks, and I hate bailouts, and I really ...
A look at what a bank bailout is with some examples of notable bank bailouts from the past. ... “Instead, the money will come from the fees that banks pay into the Deposit Insurance Fund.” ...
AIG received an $85 billion emergency loan in September 2008 from the Federal Reserve. [13] which AIG wais expected to repay by gradually selling off its assets. [14] In exchange, the federal government acquired a 79.9% equity stake in AIG. [14] Washington Mutual (WaMu) was seized in September 2008 by the US Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS). [15]
If you keep up on banking news, you may have heard the most recent dire report on small banks: If your small bank has taken bailout money from the federal government, that's a good sign your ...
The lobby of AIG's headquarters in the American International Building.. The AIG bonus payments controversy began in March 2009, when it was publicly disclosed that the American International Group (AIG) insurance corporation was going to pay approximately $218 million (~$301 million in 2023) [1] in bonus payments to employees of its financial services division.