Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
This article examines the current calls for deregulation of community banks and balances those ideas against the long history of community bank regulation, insolvency, and government support. Part II discusses the benefits offered by community banks and the current status of the industry. Part III outlines the justification for community bank regulation and the availability of the government safety net to support these institutions. Part IV addresses the solvency risk of community banks-their rates of failure and the causes of their failure. Part V addresses the reaction by community banks and their supporters to the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and links those discussions to the broad and continuing purpose for the regulation of community banks.
Recommended Citation
Heidi Mandanis Schooner, Regulating Angels, 50 GA. L. REV. 143 (2015).