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US threat to banks based in havens

By Brooke Masters and Joanna Chung in New York

Published: August 4 2009 19:26 | Last updated: August 4 2009 23:26

International financial services groups should be ex­cluded from the US market if they are based in countries that are havens from regulation, according to the head of a US congressional committee.

Barney Frank, chairman of the House financial services committee, said he was concerned the new US push to regulate banks and brokers more rigorously could put it at a competitive disadvantage if other countries did not follow suit.

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