Ebrima Santos Sanneh covers the Treasury, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for American Banker. He is a native of Providence, R.I. and a 2020 graduate of UCLA. Before joining American Banker he worked as a staffer for Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.
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A report from Democratic staff on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations said accounting firm KPMG gave Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic clean audits despite internal warnings, fraud allegations and apparent risks of failure.
September 17 -
A group of Democratic Senators led by Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., urged regulators to keep the 2023 Community Reinvestment Act overhaul, saying the rule was carefully crafted with bipartisan input.
September 16 -
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recent bulletin warning banks that past debanking actions could affect supervisory reviews is the latest effort to put the president's executive order on debanking into action. But industry sources say the order itself forces banks to choose between pleasing their regulators and taking on unwanted risk.
September 12 -
Consumer prices rose 0.4% in August, up from 0.2% in July, as weak job growth and lingering tariff uncertainty reinforce expectations for a September Fed rate cut.
September 11 -
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced that Stephen Lybarger will assume the role of Senior Deputy Comptroller for Chartering and Will Giles will be Principal Deputy Chief Counsel amid a surge in fintech and crypto trust charter applications.
September 9 -
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee voted to table a motion by Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio., to compel the Treasury Department to provide unredacted financial records related to the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, effectively quashing the subpoena.
September 9 -
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said in a bulletin to banks that it will consider whether firms engaged in "politicized or unlawful debanking" when considering bank's licensing applications and Community Reinvestment Act reviews.
September 8 -
White House National Economic Council NEC Director Kevin Hassett endorsed insulating the Fed from political pressure but echoed Trump allies' calls for reevaluating its mission.
September 8 -
Regional banks lead the comeback, large banks improved and survey respondents indicated firm reputations depend on banks exercising ethical conduct going forward, amid the Trump administration's deregulatory push.
September 4 -
The industry made widespread gains in reputability this year, with regional banks in particular regaining trust and admiration at levels not seen in nearly a decade.
September 4
