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GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain believes banks would help struggling homeowners facing foreclosure, if only government regulations allowed them to do so.
"I would get the government off the backs of the banks, that’s one of the reasons we have so many problems," Cain said Wednesday on CNN’s "American Morning."
"Many of the banks can’t do some of the things they want to do to help folks. A lot of the problems have to do with regulations or the threat of regulations coming out of Washington D.C," he said.
"Many of the banks can’t do some of the things they want to do to help folks
Westpac takes combined bank profits to $21bil
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Westpac's statutory net profit was $6.3 billion, driven by a strong second-half performance and a fall in bad debts.
As for the bank's own mortgage rate, that remains on hold for now.