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Explain The Main Provisions Of The Banking Act Of 1933

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The Banking Act of 1933 have joined together two long-standing Congressional projects that are (1) a federal system of bank deposit insurance championed by Representative Steagall and (2) the regulation (or prohibition) of the combination of commercial and investment banking and other restrictions on "speculative" bank activities championed by Senator Glass as part of a general desire to "restore" commercial banking to the purposes envisioned by the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.
The main provisions of the Banking act of 1933 was separated from investment banking to commercial banking. The provision has behind driving force by Senator Glass. Basically, the commercial banks were allowed to underwrite or deal in securities which took in deposits

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