Morning Scan: Inter-Bank Borrowing Turmoil; Barclays, Credit Suisse ...

02/01/16

Wall Street Journal

Depository Trust & Clearing will stop facilitating certain types of repurchase agreements between securities dealers, cutting a link that allows large banks to borrow from one another, unnamed sources said. The move affects about $45 billion in daily repo loans. The move principally affects Bank of New York Mellon, the largest bank that clears interbank repo loans. JPMorgan Chase also has a unit that's involved in this type of repo clearing. ...

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