Trump’s new executive order addresses political discrimination in banking, but we need deeper reforms to money-laundering laws and the Bank Secrecy Act to truly protect freedom and privacy.

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Consider the outright shock and abject panic you would experience if a bank closed your savings and checking/debit accounts, ...

For too long, federal regulators have weaponized the concept of ‘reputational risk’ to pressure financial institutions into ...

On August 7, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans” (the “Order”). The ...

President Trump has signed executive orders addressing 'debanking' and alleged discrimination in the financial sector. These ...

Unicoin CEO Alex Konanykhin says major U.S. banks are still closing crypto firm accounts under “Operation Chokepoint,” even as Trump readies an order to curb debanking.

The scale of the effort to “debank” Donald Trump because of pressure from Biden administration regulators went far beyond ...

Among the executive orders President Donald Trump signed Thursday was one instructing federal banking regulators to shed language from their guidance documents that the administration believes can ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order mandating a probe into whether banks have discriminated against ...

The administration believes the practice can and has led to financial institutions closing or restricting the accounts of ...