Awaiting reform: Bankers seek changes — but not repeal — of Dodd-Frank

Boulder banker Patrick O’Brien sees both good and bad in the Dodd-Frank regulations enacted in 2010 to help prevent a repeat of the financial crisis of 2007-2008.
O’Brien, Boulder market president for Denver-based Guaranty Bank and Trust Co., said the law — known officially as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act — helped rein in excesses in the consumer-lending and derivatives markets.
But it also created a burden on community banks facing heightened regulations, red tape and costs of doing business, and it…
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