Reem Heakal is a writer who became an Investopedia contributor in 2003. Her writing covers a wide array of large-scale financial topics. Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), licensed ...

This article was first published on NerdWallet.com. The Glass-Steagall Act is a piece of financial legislation that dates to the Great Depression and has been partially dismantled but remains ...

The revival of a defunct, Depression-era law that split banks' commercial and investment-banking functions is getting support from many advocacy groups that contend the divide is needed again to ...

U.S. Senators John McCain and Maria Cantwell proposed reinstating the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act that split commercial and investment banking to rein in Wall Street firms in response to the ...

In March, I traveled to Annapolis to motivate support for the House of Delegates resolution calling on the Maryland congressional delegation to support legislation to restore the 1933 Glass-Steagall ...

In this AEI Events Podcast, a group of financial experts and historians meet to evaluate the Glass-Steagall Act and the extent to which it can address current and upcoming challenges in American ...

Say this for Phil Gramm: the man sticks to his guns. Thirteen years after helping to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act and under widespread criticism, Gramm still insists it was the right move. The former ...

A bi-partisan group of lawmakers proposed a bill on Thursday that, if passed, could have the most significant impact on the financial industry of any legislative action since the Great Depression.

The letter from Bill Sandry (May 20) blaming the 1999 repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 for the financial meltdown that began in 2007 is another in a long series of Republican/tea party ...

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