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Brian Knight
Brian Knight
Job title
Director of Innovation and Governance
Company/organization
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Bank Think
About

Brian Knight is the director of innovation and governance and a senior research fellow at Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

Areas of expertise
Regulation and compliancePolitics and policy
CONTRIBUTED STORIES
  • BankThink After Vullo, why is NYDFS still suppressing speech?

    New York Department of Financial Services' guidance advising banks and insurers to avoid doing business with the NRA was ruled as likely to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Why is it still on the department's website?

    June 21
    Brian Knight
    Brian Knight
    Mercatus Center at George Mason University
  • BankThink Don't whitewash the history of bank regulators' abusive practices

    An effort to ensure banking services are available to legal businesses is being undermined by groups trying to rewrite the history of regulatory overreach related to supposed reputational risk.

    August 25
    Brian Knight
    Brian Knight
    Mercatus Center at George Mason University
  • BankThink There are far too many unanswered questions about SVB's failure

    A full accounting of regulators' actions in the lead-up to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, as well as other recent bank failures, is necessary to restore public confidence in both the banking system and the government itself.

    May 31
    Brian Knight
    Brian Knight
    Mercatus Center at George Mason University
  • BankThink The CFPB cannot be made immune to the Constitution

    The possibility of regulatory chaos if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding is declared unconstitutional should not deter the courts from following the law.

    November 7
    Brian Knight
    Brian Knight
    Mercatus Center at George Mason University
  • BankThink Climate change is a risk for banks but it’s not the only one

    Regulators must be cognizant of any threat that could harm the financial sector while resisting the urge to overstep their authority to set policy that should be decided by Congress.

    May 28
    Brian Knight
    Brian Knight
    Mercatus Center at George Mason University
  • BankThink Done right, regulatory sandboxes can promote competition

    Regulatory sandboxes can create a lot of opportunity for the winners but inadvertently put losers at a competitive disadvantage.

    August 14
    Brian Knight
    Brian Knight
    Mercatus Center at George Mason University
  • BankThink Done right, regulatory sandboxes can promote competition

    Regulatory sandboxes can create a lot of opportunity for the winners but inadvertently put losers at a competitive disadvantage.

    August 8
    Brian Knight
    Brian Knight
    Mercatus Center at George Mason University
  • BankThink Fed should open the payments system to fintechs

    There’s no reason for the central bank to prohibit nonbank financial firms from entering the payments system as long as appropriate rules are put in place to protect against risk.

    January 29
    Brian Knight
    Brian Knight
    Mercatus Center at George Mason University
  • BankThink Fed should open the payments system to fintechs

    There’s no reason for the central bank to prohibit nonbank financial firms from entering the payments system as long as appropriate rules are put in place to protect against risk.

    January 24
    Brian Knight
    Brian Knight
    Mercatus Center at George Mason University
  • BankThink No need to fight over the OCC's fintech charter

    Federal and state regulators are at odds over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s new licensing program, but there are ways to improve current law to appease both sides.

    October 23
    Brian Knight
    Brian Knight
    Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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