These changes will give bank customers more clout, allowing people effortlessly to find the best deals, mainly at the expense of banks' profits.

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But a new obstacle has arisen: Congress has approved two bills whose effect is to reverse the recent repeal of a bankruptcy law which favoured debtors at the expense of banks.

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The myth of Swiss banks having grown fat at the expense of Holocaust victims does not stand alone.

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This time real estate is staying depressed for one reason, the U.S. Government and the big banks decided that the big banks should be saved at the expense of the real estate market.

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In neighbouring Saudi Arabia, reports suggest an indebted family conglomerate is trying to resolve its debts by favouring local banks at the expense of foreign ones.

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Another looks likely to be a review of costly bail-outs of banks earlier, now of toll-road operators at the taxpayer's expense.

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To Mundell, constantly changing exchange rates are just an opportunity for banks and hedge funds to make money at the expense of people doing business internationally.

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Banks may be tempted to keep feeding the machine at the expense of laxer lending standards.

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Will banks that are partly government-owned favour domestic borrowers at the expense of foreigners, for example?

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