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Ten US banks to repay Tarp funds

Ten financial groups including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs were on Tuesday allowed to repay a combined $68bn to the US Treasury. The groups, including Morgan Stanley and American Express, can now shed the pay and hiring restrictions that came with last year’s Tarp assistance. But the move raises questions about other banks such as Citigroup and Bank of America, which have not yet been allowed to repay a combined $90bn in Tarp loans.

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