Biden executive order targets big banks and mergers

Published July 9, 2021 4:57pm ET



President Joe Biden’s sweeping executive order seeking to increase competitiveness targets banking by trying to make mergers more difficult and providing more data transparency.

There are two main provisions in the executive order targeting banks. The first encourages the Justice Department and the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to update their guidelines to increase scrutiny of future bank mergers.

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