As President Donald Trump considers nominees to lead the federal banking agencies under his new administration, policymakers have a unique opportunity to secure representation for community banks, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey wrote in a recent op-ed.
ICBA Perspective: In an op-ed on LinkedIn, Romero Rainey wrote that the lack of community bank representation at federal regulators amounts to a structural deficiency within the federal government. She cited Fed Governor Michelle Bowman as a rare example of a regulatory official with community banking experience.