"This might be an environment in which we’re going to see more mergers, and you know, that’s something I think the regulators will be open to, if it occurs," Yellen told US media.
"What happened here is because a bank was under-regulated and started to fail, the federal government has helped JPMorgan Chase get even bigger," US Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) told reporters. "It may look good today while everything’s flying high, but ultimately if one of those giant banks, JPMorgan Chase, starts to stumble, the American taxpayers are the ones who will be on the line."
"Investors in the banks will not be protected," Biden told reporters. "They knowingly took a risk and when the risk didn’t pay off, the investors lose their money. That’s how capitalism works."