But applying a uniform set of standards across the financial sector is logical, even though it is difficult to strike a balance between the big picture and legitimate differences in banks' circumstances.
While JPMorgan has long been regarded as one of the nation's strongest banks, the circumstances surrounding its $2 billion trading loss look depressingly familiar.
Ultimately, I can "make" you clean your room, or get in the bike seat, or sit quietly through the appointment with the bank when circumstances require that you attend (or at least I can punish you for your failure to do so).
"Banking in these circumstances became very dangerous when the global financial crisis deepened," it said.
"Banking under normal circumstances is a transmission mechanism from the Fed to the economy," Kasriel told me.
"Under the circumstances, investment banking results were reasonably strong," said Richard Strauss, an analyst at Goldman , Sachs
We don't need to have as much money in the bank under these circumstances".
"In these circumstances, bank funding costs have increased globally and in Canada, and credit conditions have tightened further".
"In normal circumstances, banks should be able to lend to one another," said Mr. Westaway, who had been expecting demand for the three-month loans to approach €300 billion.
Commerzbank executives had claimed they should not have to pay the full bonuses for 2008 because the bank's financial circumstances had deteriorated.
