Nor may a state pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts. The Government Class Book Andrew W. Young An ex post facto law is literally a law made after an act is done, or which has effect upon an act after it is done.
The Largest 13 U.S. Banks by Market Capitalization. The four largest âToo Big To Fail(TBTF)â U.S. banks Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Chase(JPM), Citigroup (C) and Wells Fargo(WFC) continue to remain as the largest banks in the country. These TBTF banks are also known as the superbanks.
The United States has the most banks in the world in terms of institutions (7,085 at the end of 2008) and possibly branches (82,000). This is an indicator of the geography and regulatory structure of the USA, resulting in a large number of small to medium-sized institutions in its banking system.