The Treasury Department’s proposals to overhaul financial regulation offer banks, especially the biggest, potentially significant relief when it comes to how much capital they must hold. That would answer banks’ biggest complaints in the post-financial crisis era—that excessive capital requirements are holding them, as well as lending, back. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Chief James Dimon, for example, has described his bank’s balance...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 13, 2017 16:52 UTC