Biden seeks to show stability in bid to avert banking chaos

As he contemplates an announcement for a second term, Biden faces a challenge not seen since the 2008 financial crisis, which he navigated as vice president.

WASHINGTON — In 2016, Vice President Joe Biden warned against efforts to unravel banking regulations that Democrats had fought to implement following the nation’s financial crisis, just as the emerging Trump administration was determined to loosen those strict banking rules.

Biden argued that without the far-reaching 2010 banking overhaul known as Dodd-Frank, financial institutions would continue to gamble with consumers’ cash and ultimately hurt the middle class.

“We can’t go back to the days when financial companies take

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