After the financial crisis of 2008, regulators around the world agreed banks should have more of a cushion to weather hard times. Now, U.S. regulators are once again looking to update minimum capital requirements through a set of proposals called Basel III Endgame. Today, on the show, a blow-by-blow account of this battle between bankers and regulators. Related episodes: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187590049/time-to-make-banks-more-stressed">Time to make banks more stressed?</a> (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indicator-from-planet-money/id1320118593?i=1000621095870">Apple</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gdvp9sCkxiOt78daZdl71?si=848139a3258c4652">Spotify</a>) <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/05/01/1173175098/svb-now-first-republic-how-it-all-started">SVB, now First Republic: How it all started</a> (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indicator-from-planet-money/id1320118593?i=1000611373234">Apple</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7uSchSmY9E7yhILFqluGEZ?si=c5028b3479434048">Spotify</a>) For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/">plus.npr.org</a>. Music by <a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/">Drop Electric</a>. Find us: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money">Newsletter</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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Inside the epic fight over new banking regulations

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