New York Community Bancorp (NYCB -4.25%) reported earnings on Wednesday, while Bank of America (BAC -0.22%) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM -0.46%) continued to battle precrisis demons. In this segment of The Motley Fool's financials-focused show, Where the Money Is, banking analysts David Hanson and Matt Koppenheffer discuss the day's headlines. Among the newsmakers they discuss are bank earnings and the big banks' legal buffers.

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