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The Financial Stability Board (FSB), in consultation with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and national authorities, has identified the 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs).
Banks with credit card businesses are currently charging an annual interest rate of 19.24 percent on purchases.
It's hard to believe the United States government was ever debt-free.
With the fiat US dollar price of gold multiplied 2.6x since October of 2022 (as of October 20, 2025 when this was written) and rising exponentially (Figure 1), some people are deeply worried that something is seriously wrong with the dollar and with
Shadow banking just hit a tipping point and no one's ready. When BlackRock backed Renovo collapsed overnight, it exposed a much larger illusion: trillions in overvalued private credit now teetering on the edge. As redemptions accelerate and funds s
All attempts at central planning (like the Federal Reserve) lead to economic ruin. The planners ultimately drive themselves into a corner, where every single move they make equals economic pain.
On today's economic update, Dr. Kirk Elliott breaks down breaking economic news that could ignite the next major move for silver.
"The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything… It's called the American Dream, 'cause you have to be asleep to believe
Peter recently Ed Siddell on The Retirement Trainer podcast to walk listeners through how capital flows, political promises, and central bank policy shape the dollar -- and why none of it bodes well for the unprepared saver.
1913 was a terrible year for America and human freedom.
As President Trump floats the idea of 50-year mortgages, Americans are being sold a new version of the American Dream - one that can never truly be owned, only leased from the banks, billionaires, and private equity landlords who profit from our perm
Cash bans. Crypto crackdowns. State-run digital money. This isn't a dystopian pitch or a leaked memo. It's law--and it goes live in just over 400 days.
Once a simple stablecoin issuer, Tether now mirrors central bank mechanics with reserves, profits and policy-like decisions...
Nearly all Russia's trade with China and India now uses local currencies, providing a blueprint for others to ditch the buck
For generations, money was something people held in their hands -- a tangible symbol of work, value, and exchange. Today, money is becoming something else entirely: a digital leash.
Financial exclusion remains high in many parts of the world. In several countries, more than two out of three adults are unbanked, yet the majority own a mobile phone.
Even the big banks that welcomed the revolution are finding that the cost of managing security could rise out of control and exceed the labor cost of the analogue system.
The global stock markets have transitioned from the edge of the abyss earlier this year to new select bull markets caused not by fundamentals, but an increase in money creation by the central banks.
The Federal Reserve just ended quantitative tightening and quietly injected $29 billion into US banks - the largest since 2020. This signals a deeper liquidity crisis threatening your deposits, your savings, and the value of the dollar itself.
"The U.S. is about to trigger the biggest bank run of all time," warns macro strategist Garrett Goggin.
"In spite of all the rhetoric, we will go deeper in debt, the Fed will print more money, and the value of the dollar will continue to plummet." – Ron Paul
Cyprus. Lebanon. Now... the U.S.? We've seen bail-ins wipe out savings overseas--now the same system is quietly in place here. $223 trillion in derivatives could crash the system and put your money at risk.
...And That Is Really Bad News For The Financial Markets
Politicians in Washington have the shortest memories.
Very important clarification, because far too much misinformation appears to have been spread regarding latest Reserve Bank of India announcement
Financial expert Rob Kientz said that the big four banks, JP Morgan, HSBC, BofA and Citigroup, had short options positions in silver and were caught in a squeeze that caused the price to rise.
How debt-based money quietly became the engine of global control -- and what real reform could look like.
The study, requested by European legislators, was aimed at evaluating the risks that a digital currency, essentially an electronic wallet guaranteed by the ECB, would pose to the banking sector under different scenarios, including a hypothetical "fli
Is that what Sir Keir Starmer is saying?
We have a couple more names to add to our fast-growing list of shadow banking casualties. And, yes, collateral is once again the common theme. One of them is of course in subprime auto financing, but that's just another canary in the credit coalmin
