WASHINGTON UPDATE It’s Time for a Regulatory Reset By Rob Nichols, President and CEO, American Bankers Association Over the last four years, the banking industry has battled an onslaught of new rules and regulatory changes that have threatened to fundamentally alter how financial institutions in this country operate. Regulators have taken a de facto “one-size-fits-all” approach to rulemaking — ignoring the diversity of bank sizes, charters and business models within the banking sector, as well as the undeniable trickle-down effects of regulations that are, on paper, only targeted toward larger institutions. For whatever reason, they have also chosen to pursue rulemakings more tied to the past than the present. It’s time to stop fighting the last war and stay focused on the present and the future. ABA and the state associations have stepped up on behalf of our members, challenging misguided final rules in court wherever warranted and pushing back with facts and data to stop faulty assumptions from underpinning major regulatory changes and bogus claims about our industry from spreading. We’ve had some notable successes over the last four years, but it hasn’t been easy. As we have welcomed 2025, a new presidential administration and a new Congress, it’s time to reset the conversation around banking regulation. 4
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