Exclusive-US regulators cancel bank exams as Trump rollback gathers pace

By Nupur Anand and Lananh Nguyen

NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. regulators are pulling back on some bank exams and the use of confidential disciplinary notices, a sign lenders are already benefiting from a softer touch under President Donald Trump's administration, said more than half a dozen industry executives.

In recent months, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have postponed, scaled back or canceled bank exams. The new, lighter approach mostly applies to non-core banking issues, such as reputational risk, climate change risk, and diversity and inclusion, the people said.

Supervisors are also limiting the scope of exams -- including some related to crit

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